Editing FIGlet

{{Infobox software
| name                   = FIGlet
| logo                   =
| screenshot             =
| caption                =
| author                 = Glenn Chappell, Ian Chai
| developer              =
| released               = 1991 (as "newban") / 1993 (figlet 2.0)<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.figlet.org/figlet_history.html|title="Why does FIGlet exist?" a history of FIGlet|year=1995|first=Glen|last=Chappell|access-date=2008-04-25}}</ref>
| latest release version = 2.2.5<ref name="homepage">{{cite web|url=http://www.figlet.org|title=FIGLet home page|access-date=2012-06-18}}</ref>
| latest release date    = May 2012
| latest preview version =
| latest preview date    =
| programming language   = [[C (programming language)|C]]
| operating system       = [[Unix-like]]
| platform               = [[Cross-platform]]
| language               =
| genre                  = [[Typesetting]]
| license                = [[New BSD License|New BSD]]<ref name="license">{{cite web|url=http://www.figlet.org/figlet_history.html|title="Why does FIGlet exist?" a history of FIGlet|access-date=2011-01-15}}</ref>
| website                = {{URL|www.figlet.org}}
}}

'''FIGlet''' is a [[computer program]] that generates text [[banner]]s, in a variety of [[typeface]]s, composed of [[letter (alphabet)|letter]]s made up of conglomerations of smaller [[ASCII]] characters (see [[ASCII art]]). The name derives from "Frank, Ian and Glenn's letters".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.figlet.org/faq.html|title=FIGlet FAQ|access-date=2013-09-19}}</ref>

Being [[free software]], FIGlet is commonly included as part of many [[Unix-like]] operating systems ([[Linux]],<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=http://dsl.org/cookbook/cookbook_20.html#SEC321|chapter=Text Fonts|title=The Linux Cookbook|first=Michael|last=Stutz|year=2001|access-date=2008-04-25|publisher=No Starch Press|isbn=1-886411-48-4|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/linuxcookbooktip00stut}}</ref> [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]], etc.) distributions, but it has been ported to other platforms as well. The official FIGlet [[File Transfer Protocol|FTP]] site includes precompiled ports for the [[Acorn Archimedes|Acorn]], [[Amiga]], [[Apple II]], [[Atari ST]], [[BeOS]], [[Mac (computer)|Mac]], [[MS-DOS]], [[NeXTSTEP]], [[OS/2]], and [[Microsoft Windows]], as well as a reimplementation in [[Perl]] (Text::FIGlet<ref>[https://metacpan.org/module/Text::FIGlet Text::FIGlet]</ref>).<ref name="ftp">{{cite web|url=http://ftp.figlet.org/pub/figlet/program/|title=Official FIGlet FTP site|access-date=2008-04-25}}</ref> There are third-party reimplementations of FIGlet in [[Java (programming language)|Java]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rigaut.com/benoit/CERN/FigletJava/|title=Figlet Java|first=Benoît|last=Rigaut|year=1996|access-date=2008-04-25|archive-date=2008-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509134946/http://www.rigaut.com/benoit/CERN/FigletJava/|url-status=dead}}</ref> (including one embedded in the JavE ASCII art editor), [[JavaScript]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://patorjk.com/software/taag/|title=TAAG|first=Pat|last=Gillespie|year=2006|access-date=2008-05-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220130116/http://patorjk.com/software/taag/|archive-date=2012-02-20|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[PHP]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phpclasses.org/phpfiglet|title=PHP Figlet|first=Lucas|last=Baltes|access-date=2008-04-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.text.html#zend.text.figlet|title=Zend Framework – Zend_Text_Figlet Component|access-date=2013-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822005633/http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.text.html#zend.text.figlet|archive-date=2012-08-22|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Python (programming language)|Python]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyfiglet/|title=pyfiglet|first=Christopher|last=Jones|year=2007|access-date=2014-11-27}}</ref> and [[Go (programming language)|Go]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sampson |first1=Luke |title=GitHub - lukesampson/figlet: Figlet in Go. |url=https://github.com/lukesampson/figlet |website=Github |access-date=13 December 2018 |date=13 December 2018}}</ref> [[DuckDuckGo|DuckDuckgo]] also has their own Figlet version, to be able to use it you need to type "Figlet [text]" and you can easily [[Cut, copy, and paste|Copy & Paste]] everywhere<ref>{{Cite web |last=frostedKIVI |date=2020-03-23 |title=Duckduckgo has a built in FIGlet, how amazing is that? Possibly my favorite easter egg especially since i found it all by myself randomly |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/duckduckgo/comments/fnpq82/duckduckgo_has_a_built_in_figlet_how_amazing_is/?rdt=39682 |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=r/duckduckgo}}</ref>

==Behavior==
FIGlet can read from [[standard input]] or accept a message as part of the [[command-line interface|command line]]. It prints to [[standard streams#Standard output (stdout)|standard output]]. Some common arguments (options) are:
* <code>-f</code> to select a [[font]] file. (font files are available [http://www.figlet.org/fontdb.cgi here])
* <code>-d</code> to change the directory for fonts.
* <code>-c</code> centers the output.
* <code>-l</code> left-aligns the output.
* <code>-r</code> right-aligns the output.
* <code>-t</code> sets the output width to the [[computer terminal|terminal]] width.
* <code>-w</code> specifies a custom output width.
* <code>-k</code> enables [[kerning]], printing each letter of the message individually, instead of merged into the adjacent letters.

==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.

==Font examples==
===Invita===
<pre class="left">
 __       __)                          
(, )  |  /  , /)   ,           /) ,    
   | /| /    (/_    __    _  _(/    _  
   |/ |/  _(_/(___(_/_)__(/_(_(__(_(_(_
   /  |          .-/                   
                (_/                    
                                       
</pre>

===Banner (same as [[Banner (Unix)|banner]] utility)===
<pre class="left">
#     #                                          
#  #  # # #    # # #####  ###### #####  #   ##   
#  #  # # #   #  # #    # #      #    # #  #  #  
#  #  # # ####   # #    # #####  #    # # #    # 
#  #  # # #  #   # #####  #      #    # # ###### 
#  #  # # #   #  # #      #      #    # # #    # 
 ## ##  # #    # # #      ###### #####  # #    # 
</pre>

===Larry3d===
<pre class="left">
 __      __      __                             __                  
/\ \  __/\ \  __/\ \      __                   /\ \  __             
\ \ \/\ \ \ \/\_\ \ \/'\ /\_\  _____      __   \_\ \/\_\     __     
 \ \ \ \ \ \ \/\ \ \ , < \/\ \/\ '__`\  /'__`\ /'_` \/\ \  /'__`\   
  \ \ \_/ \_\ \ \ \ \ \\`\\ \ \ \ \L\ \/\  __//\ \L\ \ \ \/\ \L\.\_ 
   \ `\___x___/\ \_\ \_\ \_\ \_\ \ ,__/\ \____\ \___,_\ \_\ \__/.\_\
    '\/__//__/  \/_/\/_/\/_/\/_/\ \ \/  \/____/\/__,_ /\/_/\/__/\/_/
                                 \ \_\                              
                                  \/_/                              
</pre>

==FIGlet-based ASCII typefaces==
Eric Olson's 2002 [[FIG Script|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">{{cite web|url=http://caca.zoy.org/wiki/toilet|title=TOIlet|access-date=2010-01-29}}</ref> FIGlet supports TOIlet fonts as of version 2.2.4.

==See also==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
* [[Banner (Unix)]]
* [[Cowsay]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* {{official website}}
* [http://www.jave.de/figlet/figfont.html FIGfont] Documentation version 2 FIGfont and FIGdriver Standard
** [http://www.jave.de/figlet/fonts.html Fonts library]
* [http://pear.php.net/package/Text_Figlet PHP library] at PHP
* [https://www.nuget.org/packages/FIGLet Nuget package] for .NET
*Online FIGlet ASCII art generators <!-- {{cite web |archiveurl= http://archive  .is/hGyK0 |url= http://www.figlet.org/contrib.html#WebFIG |title= Web based FIGlet frontends }} -->
**[http://textart.io/figlet Text Art Figlet Generator] at TextArt.io
**[http://www.patorjk.com/software/taag/#p=display&f=Graffiti&t=Type%20Something%20 TAAG (Text Ascii Art Generator)] at Pat or JK
**[http://www.kammerl.de/ascii/AsciiSignature.php ASCII signature] at Julius Kammerl
**[http://www.network-science.de/ascii/ ASCII generator] at Network Science

[[Category:ASCII art]]
[[Category:Free software programmed in C]]
[[Category:Free typesetting software]]
[[Category:Cross-platform software]]