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From: bi@jupiter.cs.swin.oz.au (Bhaskar Iyer)
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Subject: cool ascii text writing with banner
Date: 25 May 94 07:12:44 GMT
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HI ,

I have found a gold mine. A cool collection of unix banner style programs
which convert the ascii text to a banner. 
can be used to create .signature files or just for fun

here are some examples
----------------------



,,
||          ;          _
||/\\  /'\\ \\/\/\    < \, ,._-_  _-_    '\\/\\  /'\\ \\ \\
|| || || || || | |    /-||  ||   || \\    || ;' || || || ||
|| || || || || | |   (( ||  ||   ||/      ||/   || || || ||
\\ |/ \\,/  \\/\\/    \/\\  \\,  \\,/     |/    \\,/  \\/\\
  _/                                     (
                                          -_-


               __________                            ____    
 /|       /|  /_________/  /|         /|           /___ / \  
| |      | | | |          | |        | |         /|     \ /| 
| |______| | | |______    | |        | |        | |      | | 
|/_______| | |/______/    | |        | |        | |      | | 
| |      | | | |          | |        | |        | |      | | 
| |      | | | |_________ | |_______ | |_______ |/ \ ____|/  
|/       |/  |/_________/ |/_______/ |/_______/  \ /____/    




### --------------### ----### ----------
-## ---------------## -----## ----------
-## ## ---#### ----## -----## ----#### -
-### ## -## -## ---## -----## ---## -##
-## -## -###### ---## -----## ---## -##
-## -## -## -------## -----## ---## -##
### -## --#### ---#### ---#### ---#### -
----------------------------------------


****************************************
*  ****************  ******  ***********
*  *  ****    *****  ******  *****    **
*   *  **  **  ****  ******  ****  **  *
*  **  **      ****  ******  ****  **  *
*  **  **  ********  ******  ****  **  *
   **  ***    ****    ****    ****    **
****************************************





 _     _   _______   _        _         ______   
| |   | | |  _____| | |      | |       / ____ \  
| |___| | | |___    | |      | |      | |    | | 
|  ___  | |  ___|   | |      | |      | |    | | 
| |   | | | |_____  | |____  | |____  | |____| | 
|_|   |_| |_______| |______| |______|  \______/  


-------------- End of Examples ----------------------------

All this examples are created by one single command "banner <Text>"

These programs can be found at any ftpsite near you in

comp.sources.unix/volume26/banner-1.1/



Have fun



_-_ _,,   ,,                ,,
   -/  )  ||      _         ||     _
  ~||_<   ||/\\  < \,  _-_, ||/\  < \, ,._-_
   || \\  || ||  /-|| ||_.  ||_<  /-||  ||
   ,/--|| || || (( ||  ~ || || | (( ||  ||
  _--_-'  \\ |/  \/\\ ,-_-  \\,\  \/\\  \\,
 (          _/