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Original Usenet message from rec.arts.ascii, 27 Apr 1995.
Info: bigfig #1-intro [1 of 3]

Info: bigfig #1-intro [1 of 3]

What's the number one complaint about figlet? That its output is too
small, of course! ;-) To remedy this horrible deficiency, I offer, for
your enjoyment, "bigfig". This is an "sh" (Unix Bourne Shell) script,
along with a font, that, together, can triple the size of figlet output.
This is done by piping figlet output through figlet again, but using a
different font the second time -- a mono-spaced font designed
specifically for use with the script.

The script, "bigfig", is in the next message, with subject
"bigfig #2-script".

The font, "bigfig.flf" is in the message after that, with subject
"bigfig #3-font".

Here are some examples:

% echo Hi, y\'all! | figlet -c
                        _   _ _           _       _ _ _
                       | | | (_)    _   _( ) __ _| | | |
                       | |_| | |   | | | |/ / _` | | | |
                       |  _  | |_  | |_| | | (_| | | |_|
                       |_| |_|_( )  \__, |  \__,_|_|_(_)
                               |/   |___/
% echo Hi, y\'all! | bigfig -c


                           ___         ___   ___
                         |     |     |      /   \
                         |     |     |     (     )
                         |     |     |      \___/
                         |     |     |     |     |
                         |     |     |     |     |
                         |     | ___ |     |     |
                         |                 |     |
                         |                 |     |
                         |       ___       |     | ___
                         |     |     |     |      /   \
                         |     |     |     |     (     )
                         | ___ |     | ___ | ___  \   /
                                                 |   /
                                                 |  /
                                                 | /


                             ___                     ___   ___   ___
                            /   \                  |     |     |     |
                           (     )                 |     |     |     |
           ___         ___  \   /     ______   ___ |     |     |     |
         |     |     |     |   /     /       \     |     |     |     |
         |     |     |     |  /     /              |     |     |     |
         |     |     |     | /     /     ___       |     |     |     |
         |     |     |     |     |      /    |     |     |     |     |
         |     |     |     |     |     (     |     |     |     |     |
         |     | ___ |     |     |      \___ |     |     |     | ___ |
           \               |       \               |     |      /   \
            \              |        \              |     |     (     )
             \______ /     |         \______ / ___ | ___ | ___  \___/
            |            /
            |           /
            | _________/
% echo yo | figlet -cf lean


                               _/    _/    _/_/
                              _/    _/  _/    _/
                             _/    _/  _/    _/
                              _/_/_/    _/_/
                                 _/
                            _/_/
% echo yo | bigfig -cf lean












                    /                 /                 /     /
                   /                 /                 /     /
               ___/              ___/              ___/  ___/
                 /                 /           /                 /
                /                 /           /                 /
            ___/              ___/        ___/              ___/
              /                 /           /                 /
             /                 /           /                 /
         ___/              ___/        ___/              ___/
                 /     /     /                 /     /
                /     /     /                 /     /
            ___/  ___/  ___/              ___/  ___/
                          /
                         /
                     ___/
           /     /
          /     /
      ___/  ___/

Get the idea?

                                Glenn Chappell   <><
                                e-mail: gg...@uiuc.edu
                                or cha...@math.uiuc.edu

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From: Glenn Chappell <cha...@MATH.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Info: bigfig #1-intro [1 of 3]
Date: 1995/04/27
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