Drawing cool ASCII art text with figlet
Whether you want to write
______ ______ ______ __
/\ ___\ /\ __ \ /\ __ \ /\ \
\ \ \____ \ \ \/\ \ \ \ \/\ \ \ \ \____
\ \_____\ \ \_____\ \ \_____\ \ \_____\
\/_____/ \/_____/ \/_____/ \/_____/
______ ______ __ __ ______ ______
/\ ___\ /\__ _\ /\ \/\ \ /\ ___\ /\ ___\
\ \___ \ \/_/\ \/ \ \ \_\ \ \ \ __\ \ \ __\
\/\_____\ \ \_\ \ \_____\ \ \_\ \ \_\
\/_____/ \/_/ \/_____/ \/_/ \/_/
like this or fancy words
::: :::::::::::::: :::::::::::::
:+: :+: :+: :+: :+:
+:+ +:+ +:+ +:+ +:+
+#+ +#+ +#++:++ +#++:++#
+#+ +#+ +#+ +#+ +#+
#+# #+# #+# #+# #+#
######################## #############
:::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::
:+: :+: :+: :+: :+: :+:
+:+ +:+ +:+ +:+ +:+
+#+ +#++:++#++ +#+ +#++:++#++
+#+ +#+ +#+ +#+ +#+
#+# #+# #+# #+# #+# #+#
### ### ######################
like that, you can install figlet
in mac:
brew install figlet
and download fonts from their huge font library
the usage is simple:
figlet -w [number of columns] -f /path/to/font.flf your text here
example:
figlet -w 120 -f ~/Downloads/broadway.flf
Written by Gabriel Falcão
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