X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,6ee4e80abde58779,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: 110f55,6ee4e80abde58779,start X-Google-Attributes: gid110f55,public X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,ab6401777e7d5564 X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-08-10 19:37:26 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!gagme.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: boba@wwa.com (Bob Allison) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii Subject: Talk: What's Figlet, and where can I get it? Date: 10 Aug 1994 20:39:31 -0500 Organization: WorldWide Access - Chicago Area Internet Services 312-282-8605 Lines: 113 Sender: boba@gagme.wwa.com Approved: boba@wwa.com Message-ID: <32bvgj$9jr@gagme.wwa.com> References: <329tp8$429@gagme.wwa.com> <32budu$8s9@gagme.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gagme.wwa.com Xref: bga.com rec.arts.ascii:1176 alt.ascii-art:11066 alt.binaries.pictures.ascii:943 In article <32budu$8s9@gagme.wwa.com>, Thierry Grellier wrote: > > > Hello, > > I guess there is a program made to build sentences with this > font. How is it called and where can I find it ? > By the way, are there any others fonts like this ? > > cheers, > > Thierry >-- >+=========================+===========================================+ >| ''''' "It's not a BUG, | Thierry.Grellier@imag.fr | >|( O^O ) it's a FEATURE!"| DESS Genie Informatique - UJF Grenoble | >| \ > / __/ | labo TIMC-IMAG, projet OSIRIS | >| - | tel : (+33) 76 54 95 29 | >+=========================+===========================================+ I thought I would post Questions 15 and 16 from ASCII Art Resources, on Figlet. _ ___ , O O / | | __! __________________________________________________ \/| |\_ | | !__ \ /\ | | /\ !_! !___/ How do I make those big letters? _/ \| |/ \_ You can make lettering like the above subtitle "ANSWERS" by hand, or use a program called Figlet. With Figlet, the letters you type are automatically turned into big letters. Figlet stands for Frank, Ian and Glenn's LETters. " " " """ Figlet is available for use on some host systems. If it is not, you can obtain Figlet and fonts from the sites listed in Question 16. There are about 50 fonts for use with Figlet. Figlet fonts have an .flf suffix. There are a number of examples of Figlet fonts at the end of this file. Figlet is currently in version 2.0, available for Unix, DOS, and Amiga. The following utilities are also available: chkfont - Checks Figlet 2.0 font files for formatting errors. fsfiglet - Is a font switching front end to Figlet. showfigfonts - Prints a list of available Figlet fonts, and samples. Some other hosts have a program called "Banner" which performs a similar function. _ _ _ __ \ / / | / /_ ___________________________________________________ | | || _ \ /O\ !_! \___/ Where can I get Figlet? _/ \_ You can FTP Figlet from: -> Host: ftp.isu.edu Path: pub/figlet This is the official site. Scarecrow's FTP Site -> Host: ftp.wwa.com Address: 198.49.174.1 Path: pub/Scarecrow/Figlet Has every font I have been able to find. -> Host: plaza.aarnet.edu.au Path: graphics/graphics/misc/figlet You can FTP Figlet fonts from: -> Host: ftp.u.washington.edu Path: pub/user-supported/figlet Depending on where you get Figlet and-or Figlet fonts from, you may have to uudecode, uncompress, and possibly untar them. For how to do this, see Question 8. There is also a Figlet mailing list run by Ian Chai: -> Email: listserv@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu Message: SUBSCRIBE FIGLET-L Receive new fonts, software update notices, as well as chat about Figlet. Hope this helps. -- ::::::::: ... ... ... :/%%%%%%% _____ ::: ::: ::: / %%_ %% ______ //////// ::+ ::+ ::+ | %%:|__/ ___ .ooo ____ ////#### #######\ ...... +:+ +:+ +:+ | %%%%%%% ___ d88*88 /__ \ _am,//## /// ###| ###| :: :: :++ ++: :+: |___ %% ___ d88 88 ___) / ,gF ,@/## //// #######/ ii ii +++ +:+ +++ :/%%| %% ___ 8888888 / _/ ,8Ew*" ## ///// ###|###\ || || ++# ++# ++# / %%%%%%% ______88L 88 / /\ \ K , #### /// ###| ###/ || || #+# #+# #+# |_______/ _____ 88 88/_/ /_/ NbpP //////// ###| ##/ !!!!!! +###+#++#+#+# ::::::::: ###########