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FONTS

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Install system fonts and customize your text with ASCII art.

ASCII ART

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Transform your text into art.

01

figlet

Make large character ASCII banners out of ordinary text. A program that creates large characters out of ordinary screen characters. It can create characters in many different styles and can kern and "smush" these characters together in various ways.

Install figlet
Use the following commands to install figlet on your system.

fossman@linux-server:~$ sudo apt update
fossman@linux-server:~$ sudo apt install figlet

Run figlet
Use the following command to create an ASCII banner. This example will be using example as the example text

fossman@linux-server:~$ figlet example

Use Specific Font
Use the following command if you would like to use a specific font. This example will be using the mini font.

fossman@linux-server:~$ figlet -f mini example

Align Text
Justify the text to the left, center or right side of the screen

fossman@linux-server:~$ figlet -L example
fossman@linux-server:~$ figlet -c example
fossman@linux-server:~$ figlet -r example

Kerning
Print each letter individually.

fossman@linux-server:~$ figlet -k example

02

toilet

Display large colourful characters in text mode .TOIlet prints text using large characters made of smaller characters. It is similar in many ways to FIGlet with additional features such as Unicode handling, colour fonts, filters and various export formats. TOIlet can open FIGlet fonts and is mostly commandline-compatible with it.

Install toilet
Use the following commands to install figlet on your system.

fossman@linux-server:~$ sudo apt update
fossman@linux-server:~$ sudo apt install toilet

Run toilet
Use the following command

fossman@linux-server:~$ toilet example

Specify Font
Use the following command if you would like to use a specific font. This example will be using the mini font.

fossman@linux-server:~$ toilet -f mini example

Show List Of Filters
Various filters are available. Use the following command to see the list

fossman@linux-server:~$ toilet -F list

Filter Example
This example will be using the border filter

fossman@linux-server:~$ toilet -F border exmaple

03

cowsay

Cowsay (or cowthink) will turn text into happy ASCII cows, with speech (or thought) balloons. If you don't like cows, ASCII art is available to replace it with some other creatures (Tux, the BSD daemon, dragons, and a plethora of animals, from a turkey to an elephant in a snake).

Install toilet
Use the following commands to install figlet on your system.

fossman@linux-server:~$ sudo apt update
fossman@linux-server:~$ sudo apt install cowsay

Run cowsay
Use the following command, This example will be using example as the example text

fossman@linux-server:~$ cowsay example

Customize Facial Expressions
Use the following commands if you would like to customize the facial expressions of the cow. The screenshot below shows an example of greedy, dead and paranoid

fossman@linux-server:~$ cowsay -g example
fossman@linux-server:~$ cowsay -d example
fossman@linux-server:~$ cowsay -p example

Specific Characters
Specify specific characters for the eyes and tounge. The example below will be using oO for the eyes and V for the tounge. Substitute any characters you would prefer to use.

fossman@linux-server:~$ cowsay -e oO -T V example

Use Other Animals
Use the command below to show a list of available animals. Examples of a duck and elephant are also shown in the screenshot below. Any animal in the list can be used.

fossman@linux-server:~$ cowsay -l
fossman@linux-server:~$ cowsay -f duck example
fossman@linux-server:~$ cowsay -f elephant example

04

lolcat

This command can be used to add color to the ouput of the commands used above. The same commands can be used, followed by a pipe, then the lolcat command. Examples shown below

Using lolcat
Use the following commands to add color to the ouput of the commands used above

fossman@linux-server:~$ figlet example | lolcat
fossman@linux-server:~$ toilet example | lolcat
fossman@linux-server:~$ cowsay example | lolcat