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<h2 id="behavior">Behavior</h2> <p>FIGlet can read from <a href="/facts/Standard_input/r92M7Wd4">standard input</a> or accept a message as part of the <a href="/facts/Command-line_interface/R9JpGmXQ">command line</a>. It prints to <a href="/facts/Standard_streams/r92M7Wd4">standard output</a>. Some common arguments (options) are: </p> <ul><li>-f to select a <a href="/facts/Font/04Q7sE8J">font</a> file. (font files are available <a href="http://www.figlet.org/fontdb.cgi">here</a>)</li> <li>-d to change the directory for fonts.</li> <li>-c centers the output.</li> <li>-l left-aligns the output.</li> <li>-r right-aligns the output.</li> <li>-t sets the output width to the <a href="/facts/Computer_terminal/fSlx05qV">terminal</a> width.</li> <li>-w specifies a custom output width.</li> <li>-k enables <a href="/facts/Kerning/BBIozGt4">kerning</a>, printing each letter of the message individually, instead of merged into the adjacent letters.</li></ul> <h2 id="sample-usage">Sample usage</h2> <p>An example of output generated by FIGlet is shown below. </p> [user@hostname ~]$ figlet 7MO __ ___ _ _ _ _ \ \ / (_) | _(_)_ __ ___ __| (_) __ _ \ \ /\ / /| | |/ / | '_ \ / _ \/ _` | |/ _` | \ V V / | | <| | |_) | __/ (_| | | (_| | \_/\_/ |_|_|\_\_| .__/ \___|\__,_|_|\__,_| |_| <p>The following command: </p> [user@hostname ~]$ figlet -ct -f roman Wikipedia <p>generates this output: </p> 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 <p>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. </p> <h2 id="font-examples">Font examples</h2> <h3>Invita</h3> __ __) (, ) | / , /) , /) , | /| / (/_ __ _ _(/ _ |/ |/ _(_/(___(_/_)__(/_(_(__(_(_(_ / | .-/ (_/ <h3>Banner (same as <a href="/facts/Banner_(Unix)/DtlghAva">banner</a> utility)</h3> # # # # # # # # # ##### ###### ##### # ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #### # # # ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # ##### # # # # ###### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ## # # # # # ###### ##### # # # <h3>Larry3d</h3> __ __ __ __ /\ \ __/\ \ __/\ \ __ /\ \ __ \ \ \/\ \ \ \/\_\ \ \/'\ /\_\ _____ __ \_\ \/\_\ __ \ \ \ \ \ \ \/\ \ \ , < \/\ \/\ '__`\ /'__`\ /'_` \/\ \ /'__`\ \ \ \_/ \_\ \ \ \ \ \\`\\ \ \ \ \L\ \/\ __//\ \L\ \ \ \/\ \L\.\_ \ `\___x___/\ \_\ \_\ \_\ \_\ \ ,__/\ \____\ \___,_\ \_\ \__/.\_\ '\/__//__/ \/_/\/_/\/_/\/_/\ \ \/ \/____/\/__,_ /\/_/\/__/\/_/ \ \_\ \/_/ <h2 id="figlet-based-ascii-typefaces">FIGlet-based ASCII typefaces</h2> <p>Eric Olson's 2002 <a href="/facts/FIG_Script/5VqhGhSp">FIG</a> typeface family is a series of <a href="/facts/OpenType/u0BfkC5I">OpenType</a> fonts similar to the output of FIGlet. </p><p>TOIlet seeks to extend FIGlet to use colour text.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> FIGlet supports TOIlet fonts as of version 2.2.4. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Free and open-source software portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Banner_(Unix)/DtlghAva">Banner (Unix)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Cowsay/twBbyG1F">Cowsay</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.figlet.org">Official website</a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.jave.de/figlet/figfont.html">FIGfont</a> Documentation version 2 FIGfont and FIGdriver Standard <ul><li><a href="http://www.jave.de/figlet/fonts.html">Fonts library</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="http://pear.php.net/package/Text_Figlet">PHP library</a> at PHP</li> <li><a href="https://www.nuget.org/packages/FIGLet">Nuget package</a> for .NET</li> <li>Online FIGlet ASCII art generators <ul><li><a href="http://textart.io/figlet">Text Art Figlet Generator</a> at TextArt.io</li> <li><a href="http://www.patorjk.com/software/taag/#p=display&f=Graffiti&t=Type%20Something%20">TAAG (Text Ascii Art Generator)</a> at Pat or JK</li> <li><a href="http://www.kammerl.de/ascii/AsciiSignature.php">ASCII signature</a> at Julius Kammerl</li> <li><a href="http://www.network-science.de/ascii/">ASCII generator</a> at Network Science</li></ul></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"FIGlet FAQ". Retrieved 2013-09-19. <a href="http://www.figlet.org/faq.html" target="_blank">http://www.figlet.org/faq.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Stutz, Michael (2001). "Text Fonts". The Linux Cookbook. No Starch Press. ISBN 1-886411-48-4. Retrieved 2008-04-25. <a href="1-886411-48-4" target="_blank">1-886411-48-4</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Text::FIGlet <a href="https://metacpan.org/module/Text::FIGlet" target="_blank">https://metacpan.org/module/Text::FIGlet</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Official FIGlet FTP site". Retrieved 2008-04-25. <a href="http://ftp.figlet.org/pub/figlet/program/" target="_blank">http://ftp.figlet.org/pub/figlet/program/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Rigaut, Benoît (1996). "Figlet Java". Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2008-04-25. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080509134946/http://www.rigaut.com/benoit/CERN/FigletJava/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20080509134946/http://www.rigaut.com/benoit/CERN/FigletJava/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Gillespie, Pat (2006). "TAAG". Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2008-05-01. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120220130116/http://patorjk.com/software/taag/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120220130116/http://patorjk.com/software/taag/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Baltes, Lucas. "PHP Figlet". Retrieved 2008-04-25. <a href="http://www.phpclasses.org/phpfiglet" target="_blank">http://www.phpclasses.org/phpfiglet</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Zend Framework – Zend_Text_Figlet Component". Archived from the original on 2012-08-22. Retrieved 2013-10-29. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120822005633/http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.text.html#zend.text.figlet" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120822005633/http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.text.html#zend.text.figlet</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Jones, Christopher (2007). "pyfiglet". Retrieved 2014-11-27. <a href="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyfiglet/" target="_blank">https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyfiglet/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Sampson, Luke (13 December 2018). "GitHub - lukesampson/figlet: Figlet in Go". Github. Retrieved 13 December 2018. <a href="https://github.com/lukesampson/figlet" target="_blank">https://github.com/lukesampson/figlet</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>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. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/duckduckgo/comments/fnpq82/duckduckgo_has_a_built_in_figlet_how_amazing_is/?rdt=39682" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/duckduckgo/comments/fnpq82/duckduckgo_has_a_built_in_figlet_how_amazing_is/?rdt=39682</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"TOIlet". Retrieved 2010-01-29. <a href="http://caca.zoy.org/wiki/toilet" target="_blank">http://caca.zoy.org/wiki/toilet</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>