FIGlet
| FIGlet | |
|---|---|
| Original authors | Glenn Chappell, Ian Chai |
| Release | 1991 (as "newban") / 1993 (figlet 2.0)[1] |
| Stable release | 2.2.5[2]
/ May 2012 |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Type | Typesetting |
| License | New BSD[3] |
| Website | www |
| Repository | |
FIGlet is a computer program that generates text banners, in a variety of typefaces, composed of letters made up of conglomerations of smaller ASCII characters (see ASCII art). The name derives from "Frank, Ian and Glenn's letters".[4]
Being free software, FIGlet is commonly included as part of many Unix-like operating systems (Linux,[5] BSD, etc.) distributions, but it has been ported to other platforms as well. The official FIGlet FTP site includes precompiled ports for the Acorn, Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, BeOS, Mac, MS-DOS, NeXTSTEP, OS/2, and Microsoft Windows, as well as a reimplementation in Perl (Text::FIGlet[6]).[7] There are third-party reimplementations of FIGlet in Java[8] (including one embedded in the JavE ASCII art editor), JavaScript,[9] PHP,[10][11] Python,[12] and Go.[13] DuckDuckgo also has their own Figlet version, to be able to use it you need to type "Figlet [text]" and you can easily Copy & Paste everywhere[14]
Behavior
[edit]FIGlet can read from standard input or accept a message as part of the command line. It prints to standard output. Some common arguments (options) are:
-fto select a font file. (font files are available here)-dto change the directory for fonts.-ccenters the output.-lleft-aligns the output.-rright-aligns the output.-tsets the output width to the terminal width.-wspecifies a custom output width.-kenables kerning, printing each letter of the message individually, instead of merged into the adjacent letters.
Sample usage
[edit]An example of output generated by FIGlet is shown below.
[user@hostname ~]$ figlet 7MO
_____ __ __ ___
|___ | \/ |/ _ \
/ /| |\/| | | | |
/ / | | | | |_| |
/_/ |_| |_|\___/
The following command:
[user@hostname ~]$ figlet -ct -f roman Wikipedia
generates this output:
oooooo oooooo oooo o8o oooo o8o .o8 o8o
`888. `888. .8' `"' `888 `"' "888 `"'
`888. .8888. .8' oooo 888 oooo oooo oo.ooooo. .ooooo. .oooo888 oooo .oooo.
`888 .8'`888. .8' `888 888 .8P' `888 888' `88b d88' `88b d88' `888 `888 `P )88b
`888.8' `888.8' 888 888888. 888 888 888 888ooo888 888 888 888 .oP"888
`888' `888' 888 888 `88b. 888 888 888 888 .o 888 888 888 d8( 888
`8' `8' o888o o888o o888o o888o 888bod8P' `Y8bod8P' `Y8bod88P" o888o `Y888""8o
888
o888o
The -ct options centers the text and makes it take up the full width of the terminal. The -f roman option specifies the 'roman' font file.
Font examples
[edit]Invita
[edit] __ __)
(, ) | / , /) , /) ,
| /| / (/_ __ _ _(/ _
|/ |/ _(_/(___(_/_)__(/_(_(__(_(_(_
/ | .-/
(_/
# # # # # # # # # ##### ###### ##### # ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #### # # # ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # ##### # # # # ###### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ## # # # # # ###### ##### # # #
Larry3d
[edit] __ __ __ __
/\ \ __/\ \ __/\ \ __ /\ \ __
\ \ \/\ \ \ \/\_\ \ \/'\ /\_\ _____ __ \_\ \/\_\ __
\ \ \ \ \ \ \/\ \ \ , < \/\ \/\ '__`\ /'__`\ /'_` \/\ \ /'__`\
\ \ \_/ \_\ \ \ \ \ \\`\\ \ \ \ \L\ \/\ __//\ \L\ \ \ \/\ \L\.\_
\ `\___x___/\ \_\ \_\ \_\ \_\ \ ,__/\ \____\ \___,_\ \_\ \__/.\_\
'\/__//__/ \/_/\/_/\/_/\/_/\ \ \/ \/____/\/__,_ /\/_/\/__/\/_/
\ \_\
\/_/
FIGlet-based ASCII typefaces
[edit]Eric Olson's 2002 FIG typeface family is a series of OpenType fonts similar to the output of FIGlet.
TOIlet seeks to extend FIGlet to use colour text.[15] FIGlet supports TOIlet fonts as of version 2.2.4.
See also
[edit]
References
[edit]- ↑ Chappell, Glen (1995). ""Why does FIGlet exist?" a history of FIGlet". Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ↑ "FIGLet home page". Retrieved 2012-06-18.
- ↑ ""Why does FIGlet exist?" a history of FIGlet". Retrieved 2011-01-15.
- ↑ "FIGlet FAQ". Retrieved 2013-09-19.
- ↑ Stutz, Michael (2001). "Text Fonts". The Linux Cookbook. No Starch Press. ISBN 1-886411-48-4. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ↑ Text::FIGlet
- ↑ "Official FIGlet FTP site". Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ↑ Rigaut, Benoît (1996). "Figlet Java". Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ↑ Gillespie, Pat (2006). "TAAG". Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
- ↑ Baltes, Lucas. "PHP Figlet". Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ↑ "Zend Framework – Zend_Text_Figlet Component". Archived from the original on 2012-08-22. Retrieved 2013-10-29.
- ↑ Jones, Christopher (2007). "pyfiglet". Retrieved 2014-11-27.
- ↑ Sampson, Luke (13 December 2018). "GitHub - lukesampson/figlet: Figlet in Go". Github. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
- ↑ frostedKIVI (2020-03-23). "Duckduckgo has a built in FIGlet, how amazing is that? Possibly my favorite easter egg especially since i found it all by myself randomly". r/duckduckgo. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
- ↑ "TOIlet". Retrieved 2010-01-29.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- FIGfont Documentation version 2 FIGfont and FIGdriver Standard
- PHP library at PHP
- Nuget package for .NET
- Online FIGlet ASCII art generators
- Text Art Figlet Generator at TextArt.io
- TAAG (Text Ascii Art Generator) at Pat or JK
- ASCII signature at Julius Kammerl
- ASCII generator at Network Science