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TL;DR

figlet

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

  • Generate by directly inputting text:

figlet input_text

  • Use a custom font file:

figlet input_text -f path/to/font_file.flf

  • Use a font from the default font directory (the extension can be omitted):

figlet input_text -f font_filename

  • Pipe command output through FIGlet:

command | figlet

  • Show available FIGlet fonts:

showfigfonts optional_string_to_display

  • Use the full width of the terminal and center the input text:

figlet -t -c input_text

  • Display all characters at full Width to avoid overlapping:

figlet -W input_text

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