FIGlet is a 3-clause [[BSD License]] licensed big ASCII text generator written in [[3. Reference/Software/Programming Languages/C|C]].
- [Website](http://www.figlet.org/)
- [Source](http://ftp.figlet.org/pub/figlet/program/)
- [Source](ftp://ftp.figlet.org/pub/figlet/program/unix/) on FTP
- [GitHub](https://github.com/patorjk/figlet.js) (FIGlet.js)
- [AlternativeTo](https://alternativeto.net/software/figlet/)
> FIGlet is a program for making large letters out of ordinary text.
# Notability
[FIGlet](http://www.figlet.org/) is a fun little app that takes text input and generates old school ASCII art versions of it which is great for MotDs and headers for scripts.
I use it for `blacklight`'s build scripts.
# Philosophy
It isn't updated super often, but it doesn't really need to be.
# OS Support
Originally written for UNIX-likes, FIGlet has been ported to many OSes.
- Linux
- [Mac](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/figlet) (and old versions)
- DOS
- NeXTstep
- [Windows](http://ftp.figlet.org/pub/figlet/program/windows/) NT and 9x (via port)
- BeOS
- Amiga
- Apple II GS
- Atari ST
- OS/S
- etc
# Features
## Examples
```
_ _ _ _ _ _
| (_) | _____ | |_| |__ (_)___
| | | |/ / _ \ | __| '_ \| / __|
| | | < __/ | |_| | | | \__ \
|_|_|_|\_\___| \__|_| |_|_|___/
. oooo o8o
.o8 `888 `"'
.ooooo. oooo d8b .o888oo 888 .oo. oooo .oooo.o
d88' `88b `888""8P 888 888P"Y88b `888 d88( "8
888 888 888 888 888 888 888 `"Y88b.
888 888 888 888 . 888 888 888 o. )88b
`Y8bod8P' d888b "888" o888o o888o o888o 8""888P'
_/ _/ _/
_/_/ _/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/
_/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/
_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/
_/_/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/
```
# Resources
- https://github.com/xero/figlet-fonts
- https://github.com/patorjk/figlet.js FIGlet in JS
- http://patorjk.com/software/taag/ FIGlet JS online
# References