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figlet — Generate ASCII banners from user input. See also: `showfigfonts`. More information: <https://www.fig

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Problem

How to use the figlet command: Generate ASCII banners from user input. See also: showfigfonts. More information: <https://www.figlet.org/figlet-man.html>.

Solution

figlet — Generate ASCII banners from user input. See also: showfigfonts. More information: <https://www.figlet.org/figlet-man.html>.

Generate by directly inputting text:

figlet {{input_text}}

Use a custom [f]ont file:

figlet -f {{path/to/font_file.flf}} {{input_text}}

Use a [f]ont from the default font directory (the extension can be omitted):

figlet -f {{font_filename}} {{input_text}}

Pipe command output through FIGlet:

{{command}} | figlet

Show available FIGlet fonts:

showfigfonts {{optional_string_to_display}}

Use the full width of the [t]erminal and [c]enter the input text:

figlet -t -c {{input_text}}

Display all characters at full [W]idth to avoid overlapping:

figlet -W {{input_text}}

Code Snippets

Generate by directly inputting text

figlet {{input_text}}

Use a custom [f]ont file

figlet -f {{path/to/font_file.flf}} {{input_text}}

Use a [f]ont from the default font directory (the extension can be omitted)

figlet -f {{font_filename}} {{input_text}}

Pipe command output through FIGlet

{{command}} | figlet

Show available FIGlet fonts

showfigfonts {{optional_string_to_display}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/figlet

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