FIGlet
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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".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Being free software, FIGlet is commonly included as part of many Unix-like operating systems (Linux,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 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<ref>Text::FIGlet</ref>).<ref name="ftp">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> There are third-party reimplementations of FIGlet in Java<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> (including one embedded in the JavE ASCII art editor), JavaScript,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> PHP,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Python,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Go.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
BehaviorEdit
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 usageEdit
An example of output generated by FIGlet is shown below. <syntaxhighlight lang="cobol"> [user@hostname ~]$ figlet 7MO
__ ___ _ _ _ _ \ \ / (_) | _(_)_ __ ___ __| (_) __ _
\ \ /\ / /| | |/ / | '_ \ / _ \/ _` | |/ _` |
\ V V / | | <| | |_) | __/ (_| | | (_| |
\_/\_/ |_|_|\_\_| .__/ \___|\__,_|_|\__,_|
|_|
</syntaxhighlight>
The following command:
<syntaxhighlight lang="Shell-session">[user@hostname ~]$ figlet -ct -f roman Wikipedia</syntaxhighlight>
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 examplesEdit
InvitaEdit
__ __)
(, ) | / , /) , /) ,
| /| / (/_ __ _ _(/ _
|/ |/ _(_/(___(_/_)__(/_(_(__(_(_(_
/ | .-/
(_/
Banner (same as banner utility)Edit
# # # # # # # # # ##### ###### ##### # ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #### # # # ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # ##### # # # # ###### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ## # # # # # ###### ##### # # #
Larry3dEdit
__ __ __ __
/\ \ __/\ \ __/\ \ __ /\ \ __
\ \ \/\ \ \ \/\_\ \ \/'\ /\_\ _____ __ \_\ \/\_\ __
\ \ \ \ \ \ \/\ \ \ , < \/\ \/\ '__`\ /'__`\ /'_` \/\ \ /'__`\
\ \ \_/ \_\ \ \ \ \ \\`\\ \ \ \ \L\ \/\ __//\ \L\ \ \ \/\ \L\.\_
\ `\___x___/\ \_\ \_\ \_\ \_\ \ ,__/\ \____\ \___,_\ \_\ \__/.\_\
'\/__//__/ \/_/\/_/\/_/\/_/\ \ \/ \/____/\/__,_ /\/_/\/__/\/_/
\ \_\
\/_/
FIGlet-based ASCII typefacesEdit
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.<ref name="TOIlet">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> FIGlet supports TOIlet fonts as of version 2.2.4.
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- Template: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