Global InformationFIGlet information
| Original author(s) | Glenn Chappell, Ian Chai |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 1991 (as "newban") / 1993 (figlet 2.0)[1] |
| Stable release | 2.2.5[2]
/ May 2012 |
| Repository |
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| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Type | Typesetting |
| License | New BSD[3] |
| Website | www |
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]
- ^ Chappell, Glen (1995). ""Why does FIGlet exist?" a history of FIGlet". Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "FIGLet home page". Retrieved 2012-06-18.
- ^ ""Why does FIGlet exist?" a history of FIGlet". Retrieved 2011-01-15.
- ^ "FIGlet FAQ". Retrieved 2013-09-19.
- ^ Stutz, Michael (2001). "Text Fonts". The Linux Cookbook. No Starch Press. ISBN 1-886411-48-4. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ Text::FIGlet
- ^ "Official FIGlet FTP site". Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ Rigaut, Benoît (1996). "Figlet Java". Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ Gillespie, Pat (2006). "TAAG". Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
- ^ Baltes, Lucas. "PHP Figlet". Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Zend Framework – Zend_Text_Figlet Component". Archived from the original on 2012-08-22. Retrieved 2013-10-29.
- ^ Jones, Christopher (2007). "pyfiglet". Retrieved 2014-11-27.
- ^ Sampson, Luke (13 December 2018). "GitHub - lukesampson/figlet: Figlet in Go". Github. Retrieved 13 December 2018.