Editing FIGlet (section)

==Sample usage==
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:

<pre class="center">
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                                           
</pre>

The <code>-ct</code> options centers the text and makes it take up the full width of the terminal. The <code>-f roman</code> option specifies the 'roman' font file.