Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 13 Apr 1996.
Info: ascii signature tool
alt.ascii-art
· 1 message · 13 Apr 1996
for all you's ppl who are lookin for banners/names/signatures/etc.
written in ascii art, there's a nice little program called figlet
available via anonymous ftp:
ftp to toybox.infomagic.com
cd to pub/Sources/utils
it'll create banners automatically
_ _ _ _ _ _
| (_) | _____ | |_| |__ (_)___
| | | |/ / _ \ | __| '_ \| / __|
| | | < __/ | |_| | | | \__ \
|_|_|_|\_\___| \__|_| |_|_|___/
__ __ __
/\ \ /\ \__/\ \ __
__ ___ \_\ \ \ \ ,_\ \ \___ /\_\ ____
/'__`\ /' _ `\ /'_` \ \ \ \/\ \ _ `\/\ \ /',__\
/\ \L\.\_/\ \/\ \/\ \L\ \ \ \ \_\ \ \ \ \ \ \/\__, `\
\ \__/.\_\ \_\ \_\ \___,_\ \ \__\\ \_\ \_\ \_\/\____/
\/__/\/_/\/_/\/_/\/__,_ / \/__/ \/_/\/_/\/_/\/___/
888 888 888 d8b
888 888 888 Y8P
888 888 888
8888b. 88888b. .d88888 888888 88888b. 888 .d8888b
"88b 888 "88b d88" 888 888 888 "88b 888 88K
.d888888 888 888 888 888 888 888 888 888 "Y8888b.
888 888 888 888 Y88b 888 Y88b. 888 888 888 X88
"Y888888 888 888 "Y88888 "Y888 888 888 888 88888P'
instructions on compiling it and man pages are included.
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