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Original Usenet message from rec.arts.ascii, 22 Oct 1994.
Answer: Is this a figlet font?

Answer: Is this a figlet font?

bob...@wwa.com (Bob Allison) writes:

>Nirgalli <tan...@ecst.csuchico.edu> wrote:
>>
>>@@@@@@@@  @@@@@@@@  @@@  @@@@@@@  @@@@@@@@  @@@@@      @@@
>>@@!  @@@  @@!  @@@  @@!  !@@      @@!  @@@  @@!@@@     @@@
>>!@!  @!@  !@!  @!@  !@!  !@!      !@!  @!@  !@! @!@    @!@
>>@!@@!@!   @!@  !@!  !!@  !!@@!!   @!@  !@!  @!@  !@!   !@!
>>!!@!!!    !@!  !!!  !!!   !!@!!!  !@!  !!!  !!!   !!!  !!!
>>!!:       !!:  !!!  !!:      !:!  !!:  !!!  !!:    !!! !!!
>>:!:       :!:  !:!  :!:      !:!  :!:  !:!  :!:     !:!!:!
>> ::       ::::: ::   ::  :::: ::  ::::: ::  ::       :: ::
>> :         : :  :   :    :: : :    : :  :    :         : :
>>
>>Is the above a new figlet font? If so, where can I get it? Thanx

>   I just made that style of lettering a few days ago for my sig, and then 
>for the poison thing.  As far as I know, nobody has made a Figlet font of 
>it yet.  I know I have not.

I can create it with existing fonts...

echo Tony | figlet -c -f alligator2 | tr '\:+\#' '\@\!\:'

                  @@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@  @@@@    @@@ @@@   @@@ 
                      @!@    @!@    @!@ @!@!@   @!@ @!@   @!@ 
                      !@!    !@!    !@! @!@!@!  !@!  !@! !@!  
                      !:!    !:!    !@! !:! !@! !:!   !:!!@   
                      !:!    !:!    !:! !:!  !:!:!:    !:!    
                      :!:    :!:    :!: :!:   :!:!:    :!:    
                      :::     ::::::::  :::    ::::    :::    

echo Tony | figlet -c -f alligator | tr '\:+\#' '\@\!\:'

                   @@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@  @@@@    @@@ @@@   @@@ 
                      @!@    @!@    @!@ @!@!@   @!@ @!@   @!@  
                     !@!    !@!    !@! @!@!@!  !@!  !@! !@!    
                    !:!    !:!    !@! !:! !@! !:!   !:!!@      
                   !:!    !:!    !:! !:!  !:!:!:    !:!        
                  :!:    :!:    :!: :!:   :!:!:    :!:         
                 :::     ::::::::  :::    ::::    :::          

Hmm, not as good at the original, but close, very close.
It's a very nice font though.

It would be easy to create this font from alligator2.flf by piping
the actual font file through tr, then just touching up the result
a bit to get that neat fade-out effect:

cat alligator.flf | tr '\:+\#' '\@\!\:' > poison.flf

The new font deserves to be called poison.flf.

Any takers?  (I haven't got the time right now)-:  Sheez, I've
done most of the hard work already!

Come on Bob, how about you?  :-)

Cheers
Tony
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