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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 28 Nov 1997.
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[REQ] Figlets

[REQ] Figlets

alt.ascii-art · 2 messages · 28 Nov 1997 - 30 Nov 1997
aardvarko <*RE...@aol.com> ASCII art 28 Nov 1997 00:00 · permalink · report
Where do you get the local (i.e. downloadable) version of Figlet?
Thankies... I've got eighty million fonts for it and I don't even have
it.

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>The FAQ will need some changes,now that rec.arts.ascii is back online,
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>What figlet font is that? I can't find it in my collection.
>Well anyway, it should be something like:
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>please use the appropriate font to improve the title.
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>> Answers to frequently asked questions
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>and ofcourse in news:rec.arts.ascii
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>> http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/faq.htm and
>> http://vibes.vossnet.co.uk/i/ighaig/ascfaq.htm.
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>> Contents
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>alt.ascii-art is mentioned a lot in the contents as well, maybe it
>should be replaced by 'this newsgroup'
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..--------------- aardvarko <aar...@aol.com> wrote...
| Where do you get the local (i.e. downloadable) version of Figlet?
| Thankies... I've got eighty million fonts for it and I don't even have
| it.
| 
'-------------------------------------------

I got mine from a link on the figlet website:
    ftp://nicoh.com/pub/figlet/

Hope that helps :)

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