FIGlet

FIGlet prints its input using large characters (called FIGcharac- ters'')made up of ordinary screen characters (called sub-charac- ters''). FIGlet output is generally reminiscent of the sort of ``sig- natures'' many people like to put at the end of e-mail and UseNet mes- sages. It is also reminiscent of the output of some banner programs, although it is oriented normally, not sideways.

FIGlet can print in a variety of fonts, both left-to-right and right- to-left, with adjacent FIGcharacters kerned and smushed'' together in various ways. FIGlet fonts are stored in separate files, which can be identified by the suffix .flf''. Most FIGlet font files will be stored in FIGlet's default font directory.

FIGlet can also use control files'', which tell it to map certain input characters to certain other characters, similar to the Unix tr command. Control files can be identified by the suffix .flc''. Most FIGlet control files will be stored in FIGlet's default font directory.