I just read about the unix tool ‘figlet’. One can create some kind of ascii art text.
Let’t dive into it quickly:
cbo$ figlist | while read font;
do figlet -f $font "$font";
echo $font;
done
Figlet fonts in this directory:
##### ## # # # # ###### #####
# # # # ## # ## # # # #
##### # # # # # # # # ##### # #
# # ###### # # # # # # # #####
# # # # # ## # ## # # #
##### # # # # # # ###### # #
banner
_ _
| | (_)
| |__ _ __ _
| '_ \| |/ _` |
| |_) | | (_| |
|_.__/|_|\__, |
__/ |
|___/
big
_| _| _|
_|_|_| _| _|_| _|_|_| _| _|
_| _| _| _| _| _| _|_|
_| _| _| _| _| _| _| _|
_|_|_| _| _|_| _|_|_| _| _|
block
_ _ _ _ _ _
/ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \
( b | u | b | b | l | e )
\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/
bubble
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|d|i|g|i|t|a|l|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
digital
_ _ _
| |_(_)_ ____ _(_)
| __| | '__\ \ / / |
| |_| | | \ V /| |
\__|_|_| \_/ |_|
ivrit
_/
_/ _/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/
_/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/
_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/
_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/
lean
._ _ o._ o
| | ||| ||
mini
mnemonic
mnemonic
o
, __ ,_ _ _|_
/ \_/ / | | |/ \_|
\/ \___/ |_/|_/|__/ |_/
/|
\|
script
| |
__| __ \ _` | _` | _ \\ \ \ /
\__ \ | | | ( | ( | ( |\ \ \ /
____/_| |_|\__,_|\__,_|\___/ \_/\_/
shadow
__ __
_____/ /___ _____ / /_
/ ___/ / __ `/ __ \/ __/
(__ ) / /_/ / / / / /_
/____/_/\__,_/_/ /_/\__/
slant
_ _
____ __ __ _| | |
(_-< ' \/ _` | | |
/__/_|_|_\__,_|_|_|
small
, , _ ,_ o _|_
/ \_/|/|/| / \_/ / | | |/\_|
\/ | | |_/ \/ \__/ |/|/|_/ |_/
(|
smscript
| |
(_-< ` \ (_-< \ _` | _` | _ \\ \ \ /
___/_|_|_|___/_| _|\__,_|\__,_|\___/ \_/\_/
smshadow
__ __
___ __ _ ___ / /__ ____ / /_
(_- ' \(_- / _ `/ _ \/ __/
/___/_/_/_/___/_/\_,_/_//_/\__/
smslant
_ _ _
___| |_ __ _ _ __ __| | __ _ _ __ __| |
/ __| __/ _` | '_ \ / _` |/ _` | '__/ _` |
\__ \ || (_| | | | | (_| | (_| | | | (_| |
|___/\__\__,_|_| |_|\__,_|\__,_|_| \__,_|
standard
You can pipe any string into figlet
cbo$while [ 1 ];
do
clear
date +%r | figlet
sleep 1
done
___ _____ ____ ___ ____ ___
/ _ \___ /_|___ \ / _ \ _| ___|/ _ \ _ __ _ __ ___
| | | ||_ (_) __) | | | (_)___ \ (_) | | '_ \| '_ ` _ \
| |_| |__) | / __/| |_| |_ ___) \__, | | |_) | | | | | |
\___/____(_)_____|\___/(_)____/ /_/ | .__/|_| |_| |_|
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