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FIGlet

FIGlet
Original author(s)Glenn Chappell, Ian Chai
Initial release1991 (as "newban") / 1993 (figlet 2.0)[1]
Stable release
2.2.5[2] / May 2012
Repository
Written inC
Operating systemUnix-like
PlatformCross-platform
TypeTypesetting
LicenseNew BSD[3]
Websitewww.figlet.org

FIGlet is a computer program that generates text banners, in a variety of typefaces, composed of letters made up of conglomerations of smaller ASCII characters (see ASCII art). The name derives from "Frank, Ian and Glenn's letters".[4]

Being free software, FIGlet is commonly included as part of many Unix-like operating systems (Linux,[5] BSD, etc.) distributions, but it has been ported to other platforms as well. The official FIGlet FTP site includes precompiled ports for the Acorn, Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, BeOS, Mac, MS-DOS, NeXTSTEP, OS/2, and Microsoft Windows, as well as a reimplementation in Perl (Text::FIGlet[6]).[7] There are third-party reimplementations of FIGlet in Java[8] (including one embedded in the JavE ASCII art editor), JavaScript,[9] PHP,[10][11] Python,[12] and Go.[13] DuckDuckgo also has their own Figlet version, to be able to use it you need to type "Figlet [text]" and you can easily Copy & Paste everywhere[14]

  1. ^ Chappell, Glen (1995). ""Why does FIGlet exist?" a history of FIGlet". Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  2. ^ "FIGLet home page". Retrieved 2012-06-18.
  3. ^ ""Why does FIGlet exist?" a history of FIGlet". Retrieved 2011-01-15.
  4. ^ "FIGlet FAQ". Retrieved 2013-09-19.
  5. ^ Stutz, Michael (2001). "Text Fonts". The Linux Cookbook. No Starch Press. ISBN 1-886411-48-4. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  6. ^ Text::FIGlet
  7. ^ "Official FIGlet FTP site". Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  8. ^ Rigaut, Benoît (1996). "Figlet Java". Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  9. ^ Gillespie, Pat (2006). "TAAG". Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  10. ^ Baltes, Lucas. "PHP Figlet". Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  11. ^ "Zend Framework – Zend_Text_Figlet Component". Archived from the original on 2012-08-22. Retrieved 2013-10-29.
  12. ^ Jones, Christopher (2007). "pyfiglet". Retrieved 2014-11-27.
  13. ^ Sampson, Luke (13 December 2018). "GitHub - lukesampson/figlet: Figlet in Go". Github. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  14. ^ frostedKIVI (2020-03-23). "Duckduckgo has a built in FIGlet, how amazing is that? Possibly my favorite easter egg especially since i found it all by myself randomly". r/duckduckgo. Retrieved 2025-03-15.

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