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<p>FIGlet is a <a href="/facts/Computer_program/e38jH9N9">computer program</a> that generates text <a href="/facts/Banner/m6WEs4cl">banners</a>, in a variety of <a href="/facts/Typeface/It41hIjl">typefaces</a>, composed of <a href="/facts/Letter_(alphabet)/uRnrbGIJ">letters</a> made up of conglomerations of smaller <a href="/facts/ASCII/vGUI33Qu">ASCII</a> characters (see <a href="/facts/ASCII_art/TmgLtCg5">ASCII art</a>). The name derives from "Frank, Ian and Glenn's letters". </p><p>Being <a href="/facts/Free_software/IaoVtJXn">free software</a>, FIGlet is commonly included as part of many <a href="/facts/Unix-like/YAKrAxzd">Unix-like</a> operating systems (<a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a>, <a href="/facts/Berkeley_Software_Distribution/XQKcURrh">BSD</a>, etc.) distributions, but it has been ported to other platforms as well. The official FIGlet <a href="/facts/File_Transfer_Protocol/THuWgzfw">FTP</a> site includes precompiled ports for the <a href="/facts/Acorn_Archimedes/BxInoqjT">Acorn</a>, <a href="/facts/Amiga/60B3A9of">Amiga</a>, <a href="/facts/Apple_II/se82CNvK">Apple II</a>, <a href="/facts/Atari_ST/9GsYSlaM">Atari ST</a>, <a href="/facts/BeOS/tGYfe835">BeOS</a>, <a href="/facts/Mac_(computer)/8GhnXTK0">Mac</a>, <a href="/facts/MS-DOS/fVrrz1uN">MS-DOS</a>, <a href="/facts/NeXTSTEP/eL0bymga">NeXTSTEP</a>, <a href="/facts/OS%2f2/uVBl6ItP">OS/2</a>, and <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a>, as well as a reimplementation in <a href="/facts/Perl/fx31kjlT">Perl</a> (Text::FIGlet). There are third-party reimplementations of FIGlet in <a href="/facts/Java_(programming_language)/9ScgFyAL">Java</a> (including one embedded in the JavE ASCII art editor), <a href="/facts/JavaScript/XhhIIEsl">JavaScript</a>, <a href="/facts/PHP/vU6YRJX0">PHP</a>, <a href="/facts/Python_(programming_language)/YbuGqofa">Python</a>, and <a href="/facts/Go_(programming_language)/oWlsmAFJ">Go</a>. <a href="/facts/DuckDuckGo/FJJM7NAB">DuckDuckgo</a> also has their own Figlet version, to be able to use it you need to type "Figlet [text]" and you can easily <a href="/facts/Cut%2c_copy%2c_and_paste/eksLoJ9M">Copy & Paste</a> everywhere </p>