Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 30 Nov 1997.
ASCII banners
alt.ascii-art
· 7 messages · 30 Nov 1997 - 4 Dec 1997
Hi! I lost the URL of a site where you can make ascii banners in several kind of fonts. Do you know any address where I do that? Or better, any program? Thanks a lot! SERGIO
Sergio,
I know of only one: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/ . I have seen
others, but I cannot remember the URLs, sorry.
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Sergio E. Mateo C. wrote: > > Hi! > > I lost the URL of a site where you can make ascii banners in several > kind of fonts. > Do you know any address where I do that? Or better, any program? > > Thanks a lot! > > SERGIO The program you're looking for is called FIGlet: FIGlet WWW Servers: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet http://wwwcn.cern.ch/~rigaut/FigletJava.html http://www.schnoggo.com/figlet.html http://www.inf.utfsm.cl/cgi-bin/figlet http://saigon.mit.edu/dinhyen/figlet/figlet.html http://www.mediacube.de/cgi-bin/moniteurs/figlet http://www.sconnect.net/figlet/index.cgi http://boulder.Colorado.EDU/~kai/figlet.html http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/cgi-bin/bwagner/FIGLET/figlet.pl http://www.se.cuhk.edu.hk/~mcchau3/cgi-bin/express.html http://www.webserve.com/gateways/figletgateway.pl Official FIGlet Homepage: http://st-www.cs.uiuc.edu/users/chai/figlet.html FIGlet FTP sites: ftp://ftp.nicoh.com/pub/figlet/ ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/unix/tools/figlet/ Greetz, -- (`. ____________________________ \ `. / __/ / / / /_ / /_ / ) `._..---._ \__ \ \ \ \_\ \ \ \ \_\ \ \`. __...---` o ) /___/_/_/_/_/ /_/_/_/___/___/ \ `._,--' , ___,' Herman Hiddema ---------------------- ) ,-._ \ ) _,-' ----------- mailto:shi...@fmf.ml.org /,' ``--.._____\/--'' http://fmf.ml.org/~shimrod ----------
In article <348...@wing.rug.nl>, Shimrod <csg...@wing.rug.nl> wrote: > > Sergio E. Mateo C. wrote: > > > > Hi! > > > > I lost the URL of a site where you can make ascii banners in several > > kind of fonts. > > Do you know any address where I do that? Or better, any program? > > > > Thanks a lot! > > > > SERGIO > > The program you're looking for is called FIGlet: > > FIGlet WWW Servers: > http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet > http://wwwcn.cern.ch/~rigaut/FigletJava.html > http://www.schnoggo.com/figlet.html > http://www.inf.utfsm.cl/cgi-bin/figlet > http://saigon.mit.edu/dinhyen/figlet/figlet.html > http://www.mediacube.de/cgi-bin/moniteurs/figlet > http://www.sconnect.net/figlet/index.cgi > http://boulder.Colorado.EDU/~kai/figlet.html > http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/cgi-bin/bwagner/FIGLET/figlet.pl > http://www.se.cuhk.edu.hk/~mcchau3/cgi-bin/express.html > http://www.webserve.com/gateways/figletgateway.pl > > Official FIGlet Homepage: > http://st-www.cs.uiuc.edu/users/chai/figlet.html > > FIGlet FTP sites: > ftp://ftp.nicoh.com/pub/figlet/ > ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/unix/tools/figlet/ > > Greetz, > -- > (`. ____________________________ > \ `. / __/ / / / /_ / /_ / > ) `._..---._ \__ \ \ \ \_\ \ \ \ \_\ \ > \`. __...---` o ) /___/_/_/_/_/ /_/_/_/___/___/ > \ `._,--' , ___,' Herman Hiddema ---------------------- > ) ,-._ \ ) _,-' ----------- mailto:shi...@fmf.ml.org > /,' ``--.._____\/--'' http://fmf.ml.org/~shimrod ---------- Someone in Sweden will be horrified to hear the following. After having been told for over a year about the URL to make those ascii fonts, yesterday, I finally went to the first on the list. http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/ __ __ _ \ \ / / | | \ \ /\ / /____ _| | \ \/ \/ / _ \ \ /\ / / | \ /\ / (_) \ V V /|_| \/ \/ \___/ \_/\_/ (_) . .. , . , . | ||_ _.-+- _. _. _ _ | -+-|_ *._ _ |/\|[ )(_] | (_] (_.(_)(_)| | [ )|[ )(_] * ._| _ __, _ __, _, _ , ___ __, __, _, _, _ ___, __, | | \ | | \ |\ | ' | |_) |_ /_\ | | ` / |_ | |_/ | |_/ | \| | | \ | | | | , | / | ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~~~ ~~~ __ ____ __ __ __ / /_ ___ / __/___ ________ / /_/ /_ ____ _/ /_ / __ \/ _ \/ /_/ __ \/ ___/ _ \ / __/ __ \/ __ `/ __/ / /_/ / __/ __/ /_/ / / / __/ / /_/ / / / /_/ / /_ /_.___/\___/_/ \____/_/ \___/ \__/_/ /_/\__,_/\__/ _ _ | | | |_ | | _ ____ ____ ____ _ _ _ ____ ___ | _)| || \ / _ )/ ___) _ ) | | | |/ _ |/___) | |__| | | ( (/ /| | ( (/ / | | | ( ( | |___ | \___)_| |_|\____)_| \____) \____|\_||_(___/ :::: ::: :::::::: :+:+: :+: :+: :+: :+:+:+ +:+ +:+ +:+ +#+ +:+ +#+ +#+ +:+ +#+ +#+#+# +#+ +#+ #+# #+#+# #+# #+# ### #### ######## | | |o ,---|,---.. . .,---.| ,---.,---.,---|.,---.,---. | || || | || || | |,---|| ||| || | `---'`---'`-'-'` '`---'`---'`---^`---'`` '`---| `---' _) | | | __ \\ \ / _ \ |\ \ / _ \ _` | | | |\ \ / ( | | \ \ / __/ ( | _|_| _| \_/ \___/ _| \_/ \___|\__,_| ___ _/ | \_,^%--- _ _ | __ _ _ _ |_____| <\ \ ( \/\/ )|---..-----. /'__`\ / \/ \/ \ --- == >/ ) ( | || -__|( ___/ \_/\_/\_/ [_____] __>,^ (__/\__)` '|_____|`\____) (_)(_)(_) ejm97 | | //| | Thanks to David Wallis for maintaining this excellent site: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/ cc to David Wallis wallis(AT]surfplaza[dot)com NOTE: If you hit the reply button, add an "e" to the "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- ___ |-|/-\ |3 [ 7` `/ ()|_| < /-\ |\| 7`[ |_ |_ _/ | \_,^%--- |-|/-\ |_____| <\ \ |-|/-\ 7'|-||$ |$ |\|()7` |= | <, |_ [ 7` --- == >/ [ejm97] __>,^ llizard aka ejm cq5...@freenet.toronto.on.ca | | //| | www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/
llizard wrote: > > In article <348...@wing.rug.nl>, Shimrod <csg...@wing.rug.nl> > wrote: > > > > Sergio E. Mateo C. wrote: > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > I lost the URL of a site where you can make ascii banners in > > > several kind of fonts. > > > Do you know any address where I do that? Or better, any program? > > > > > > Thanks a lot! > > > > > > SERGIO > > > > The program you're looking for is called FIGlet: > > > > FIGlet WWW Servers: > > http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet > > http://wwwcn.cern.ch/~rigaut/FigletJava.html > > http://www.schnoggo.com/figlet.html > > http://www.inf.utfsm.cl/cgi-bin/figlet > > http://saigon.mit.edu/dinhyen/figlet/figlet.html > > http://www.mediacube.de/cgi-bin/moniteurs/figlet > > http://www.sconnect.net/figlet/index.cgi > > http://boulder.Colorado.EDU/~kai/figlet.html > > http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/cgi-bin/bwagner/FIGLET/figlet.pl > > http://www.se.cuhk.edu.hk/~mcchau3/cgi-bin/express.html > > http://www.webserve.com/gateways/figletgateway.pl > > > > Official FIGlet Homepage: > > http://st-www.cs.uiuc.edu/users/chai/figlet.html > > > > FIGlet FTP sites: > > ftp://ftp.nicoh.com/pub/figlet/ > > ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/unix/tools/figlet/ > > > > Someone in Sweden will be horrified to hear the following. After > having been told for over a year about the URL to make those ascii > fonts, yesterday, I finally went to the first on the list. Yes, I can think of a certain someone in sweden who's been screaming and yelling all over the newsgroup how great this program is she (or am I giving away to much now?) is right too! As she would say it: ********************************************************************* * * * Figlet is NICE! Figlet is GOOD! Figlet can rot13! GET FIGLET! * * * ********************************************************************* I'd add to that: ********************************************************************* * * * Figlet is GREAT! Figlet is COOL! Figlet can B1FF! GET FIGLET! * * * ********************************************************************* > http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/ > > __ __ _ > \ \ / / | | > \ \ /\ / /____ _| | > \ \/ \/ / _ \ \ /\ / / | > \ /\ / (_) \ V V /|_| > \/ \/ \___/ \_/\_/ (_) > > . .. , . , . > | ||_ _.-+- _. _. _ _ | -+-|_ *._ _ > |/\|[ )(_] | (_] (_.(_)(_)| | [ )|[ )(_] * > ._| > > _ __, _ __, _, _ , ___ __, __, _, _, _ ___, __, > | | \ | | \ |\ | ' | |_) |_ /_\ | | ` / |_ > | |_/ | |_/ | \| | | \ | | | | , | / | > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~~~ ~~~ > > __ ____ __ __ __ > / /_ ___ / __/___ ________ / /_/ /_ ____ _/ /_ > / __ \/ _ \/ /_/ __ \/ ___/ _ \ / __/ __ \/ __ `/ __/ > / /_/ / __/ __/ /_/ / / / __/ / /_/ / / / /_/ / /_ > /_.___/\___/_/ \____/_/ \___/ \__/_/ /_/\__,_/\__/ > > _ > _ | | > | |_ | | _ ____ ____ ____ _ _ _ ____ ___ > | _)| || \ / _ )/ ___) _ ) | | | |/ _ |/___) > | |__| | | ( (/ /| | ( (/ / | | | ( ( | |___ | > \___)_| |_|\____)_| \____) \____|\_||_(___/ > > :::: ::: :::::::: > :+:+: :+: :+: :+: > :+:+:+ +:+ +:+ +:+ > +#+ +:+ +#+ +#+ +:+ > +#+ +#+#+# +#+ +#+ > #+# #+#+# #+# #+# > ### #### ######## > > > | | |o > ,---|,---.. . .,---.| ,---.,---.,---|.,---.,---. > | || || | || || | |,---|| ||| || | > `---'`---'`-'-'` '`---'`---'`---^`---'`` '`---| > `---' > > _) | | > | __ \\ \ / _ \ |\ \ / _ \ _` | > | | |\ \ / ( | | \ \ / __/ ( | > _|_| _| \_/ \___/ _| \_/ \___|\__,_| > Seems we have another convert here, a genuine new FIGlet fan! Wouldn't want to read your posts though if you would write them all |_ | |< [ 7` |-| | $ > ___ > _/ | \_,^%--- _ _ | __ _ _ _ > |_____| <\ \ ( \/\/ )|---..-----. /'__`\ / \/ \/ \ > --- == >/ ) ( | || -__|( ___/ \_/\_/\_/ > [_____] __>,^ (__/\__)` '|_____|`\____) (_)(_)(_) > ejm97 | | //| | Thanks to David Wallis for maintaining > this excellent site: > http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/ > > > cc to David Wallis wallis(AT]surfplaza[dot)com > > > NOTE: If you hit the reply button, add an "e" to the "freent"; > its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. > -- > ___ |-|/-\ |3 [ 7` `/ ()|_| < /-\ |\| 7`[ |_ |_ > _/ | \_,^%--- |-|/-\ > |_____| <\ \ |-|/-\ 7'|-||$ |$ |\|()7` |= | <, |_ [ 7` > --- == >/ > [ejm97] __>,^ llizard aka ejm cq5...@freenet.toronto.on.ca > | | //| | www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/ 1 (/-\/\/ T3|_|_, H0\/\/ |)0 Y0|_| |_1/<3 TH15 0/\/3, 1T'5 (/-\|_|_3|) : B1FF Oh, btw I've been meaning to say this for a long time, but never got to it: Those llizards make me laugh every single time! Never stop making more! Greetz, -- ,-'"`-. _____ _ _ _ ,---------. O o ,-'"`-. ,' `. / ___) |_(_)_____ ___ ___ _| |( We are ) ,' `. / _ _ \ \___ \ . | | _ _ | ._) . | . |( not alone ) / _ _ \ | ( \ / ) | (_____/_|_|_|_|_|_|_| |___|___| `---------' | ( \ / ) | \ `.\ /,' /o ,----------. \ `.\ /,' / \ / O ( The thruth ) Herman Hiddema \ / `. " ,' ( is out there ) shi...@fmf.ml.org `. " ,' \ - / `------------' http://fmf.ml.org/~shimrod \ - / `-' `-' I was abducted by aliens, and all they gave me was this lousy tagline!
In article <348...@wing.rug.nl>, Shimrod <csg...@wing.rug.nl> wrote: >llizard wrote: >> >> In article <348...@wing.rug.nl>, Shimrod <csg...@wing.rug.nl> >> wrote: [snip] >> > The program you're looking for is called FIGlet: >> > >> > FIGlet WWW Servers: >> > http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet [snip] >> Someone in Sweden will be horrified to hear the following. After >> having been told for over a year about the URL to make those ascii >> fonts, yesterday, I finally went to the first on the list. > >Yes, I can think of a certain someone in sweden who's been screaming >and yelling all over the newsgroup how great this program is >she (or am I giving away to much now?) is right too! > >As she would say it: [snip] >* Figlet is NICE! Figlet is GOOD! Figlet can rot13! GET FIGLET! * [snip] >I'd add to that: > >********************************************************************* >* * >* Figlet is GREAT! Figlet is COOL! Figlet can B1FF! GET FIGLET! * >* * >********************************************************************* > [snip] >> . .. , . , . >> | ||_ _.-+- _. _. _ _ | -+-|_ *._ _ >> |/\|[ )(_] | (_] (_.(_)(_)| | [ )|[ )(_] * [snip] > >Seems we have another convert here, a genuine new FIGlet fan! >Wouldn't want to read your posts though if you would write them all >|_ | |< [ 7` |-| | $ Luckily, |7` |$ |= /-\|2 7`()() 7` | |~| [ < () |\| $ |_| |~| | |\| <, >> ___ |-|/-\ |3 [ 7` `/ ()|_| < /-\ |\| 7`[ |_ |_ >> _/ | \_,^%--- |-|/-\ >> |_____| <\ \ |-|/-\ 7'|-||$ |$ |\|()7` |= | <, |_ [ 7` >> --- == >/ >> [ejm97] __>,^ llizard aka ejm cq5...@freenet.toronto.on.ca >> | | //| | www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/ > > >1 (/-\/\/ T3|_|_, H0\/\/ |)0 Y0|_| |_1/<3 TH15 0/\/3, 1T'5 (/-\|_|_3|) : > >B1FF > |_| _ |_ _ ._ ._ o|_ | _ o | _|o _|._ /_|_ ._ _ _|_ o _ _ | |(_)\/\/ | |(_)| | ||_)|(/_o _|_ (_||(_|| | |_ | |(_) |_ |(_(/_ / ___ _|_ |_ _._|_ _ ._ _ | _ _.._ /_|_ |_ _ |o _ _ |_ | |(_| |_ (_)| |(/_o _|_ (_(_|| | |_ |_)(/_||(/_\/(/_ _ _ ._ _ _ _ ._ _ _|_ |_ o._ | _ o_|_ / _ _>(_)| | |(/_(_)| |(/_ |_ | ||| ||<_> | |_ _> (0/\/\PR3H3/\/51|3|_3! By the way, I really did come up with 7'|-||$ |"|`/ $ [ |_ |= | |= | \^/ [ |2 [ `/()|_|, | \^/()|_| |_ |> |3 [ \^/()|2|2 | [ |> 7`|-|/-\7` |= | <, |_| |2 [ |> | 7` ()|_| 7` Have you thought of seeing a doctor about it? >Oh, btw I've been meaning to say this for a long time, but never got >to it: Those llizards make me laugh every single time! Never stop >making more! [snip] > Herman Hiddema > shi...@fmf.ml.org NOTE: If you hit the reply button, add an "e" to the "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- -#----- Thank you, | ha I'm always glad \_|_/ _ _\,^%--- ha to hear that I'm not the _|K__|_ =#-(_X_)< \ ha only one laughing at my own jokes. | \/ > |, ___>,^ llizard aka ejm cq5...@freenet.toronto.on.ca /|\ ejm97 //| | www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/
llizard wrote: > Shimrod wrote: [ 8< ] > > FIGlet WWW Servers: > > http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet > > http://wwwcn.cern.ch/~rigaut/FigletJava.html > > http://www.schnoggo.com/figlet.html > > http://www.inf.utfsm.cl/cgi-bin/figlet > > http://saigon.mit.edu/dinhyen/figlet/figlet.html > > http://www.mediacube.de/cgi-bin/moniteurs/figlet > > http://www.sconnect.net/figlet/index.cgi > > http://boulder.Colorado.EDU/~kai/figlet.html > > http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/cgi-bin/bwagner/FIGLET/figlet.pl > > http://www.se.cuhk.edu.hk/~mcchau3/cgi-bin/express.html > > http://www.webserve.com/gateways/figletgateway.pl > > > > Official FIGlet Homepage: > > http://st-www.cs.uiuc.edu/users/chai/figlet.html > > > > FIGlet FTP sites: > > ftp://ftp.nicoh.com/pub/figlet/ > > ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/unix/tools/figlet/ > > Someone in Sweden will be horrified to hear the following. After having > been told for over a year about the URL to make those ascii fonts, > yesterday, I finally went to the first on the list. > > http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/ > (hmmm.... I wonder who that might be...) > __ __ _ > \ \ / / | | > \ \ /\ / /____ _| | > \ \/ \/ / _ \ \ /\ / / | > \ /\ / (_) \ V V /|_| > \/ \/ \___/ \_/\_/ (_) > > . .. , . , . > | ||_ _.-+- _. _. _ _ | -+-|_ *._ _ > |/\|[ )(_] | (_] (_.(_)(_)| | [ )|[ )(_] * > ._| > > _ __, _ __, _, _ , ___ __, __, _, _, _ ___, __, > | | \ | | \ |\ | ' | |_) |_ /_\ | | ` / |_ > | |_/ | |_/ | \| | | \ | | | | , | / | > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~~~ ~~~ > > __ ____ __ __ __ > / /_ ___ / __/___ ________ / /_/ /_ ____ _/ /_ > / __ \/ _ \/ /_/ __ \/ ___/ _ \ / __/ __ \/ __ `/ __/ > / /_/ / __/ __/ /_/ / / / __/ / /_/ / / / /_/ / /_ > /_.___/\___/_/ \____/_/ \___/ \__/_/ /_/\__,_/\__/ > > _ > _ | | > | |_ | | _ ____ ____ ____ _ _ _ ____ ___ > | _)| || \ / _ )/ ___) _ ) | | | |/ _ |/___) > | |__| | | ( (/ /| | ( (/ / | | | ( ( | |___ | > \___)_| |_|\____)_| \____) \____|\_||_(___/ > > :::: ::: :::::::: > :+:+: :+: :+: :+: > :+:+:+ +:+ +:+ +:+ > +#+ +:+ +#+ +#+ +:+ > +#+ +#+#+# +#+ +#+ > #+# #+#+# #+# #+# > ### #### ######## > > > | | |o > ,---|,---.. . .,---.| ,---.,---.,---|.,---.,---. > | || || | || || | |,---|| ||| || | > `---'`---'`-'-'` '`---'`---'`---^`---'`` '`---| > `---' > > _) | | > | __ \\ \ / _ \ |\ \ / _ \ _` | > | | |\ \ / ( | | \ \ / __/ ( | > _|_| _| \_/ \___/ _| \_/ \___|\__,_| > _ _____ ____ _______ ______ _ _ _ /\| |/\| __ \ / __ \__ __| ____| | | |/\| |/\ \ ` ' /| |__) | | | | | | | |__ | | | |\ ` ' / |_ _| _ /| | | | | | | __| | | | |_ _| / , . \| | \ \| |__| | | | | | | |____|_|/ , . \ \/|_|\/|_| \_\\____/ |_| |_| |______(_)\/|_|\/ I suppose I should have guessed... :D:D:D:D:D (haven't you learned by now that when I say something is simple it usually _is_ simple - and not just to computer nerds like me! Remember, html wasn't so bad, and you are now a master of making javascript animations...) [and yes, I get your letters :) ] ****************************************************************** * ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ * * | __(_)__ _| |___| |_ (_)___ _/\___ _ ___ ___ __| | |/\_ * * | _|| / _` | / -_) _| | (_-< > < _` / _ \/ _ \/ _` | _> < * * |_| |_\__, |_\___|\__| |_/__/ \/\__, \___/\___/\__,_( _)\/ * * |___/ |___/ * * ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ * * | __(_)__ _| |___| |_ (_)___ _/\__ _ (_)__ ___| |/\_ * * | _|| / _` | / -_) _| | (_-< > < ' \| / _/ -_)_> < * * |_| |_\__, |_\___|\__| |_/__/ \/|_||_|_\__\___(_)\/ * * |___/ * * ___ ___ _____ ___ ___ ___ _ ___ _____ _ * * / __| __|_ _| | __|_ _/ __| | | __|_ _| | * * | (_ | _| | | | _| | | (_ | |__| _| | | |_| * * \___|___| |_| |_| |___\___|____|___| |_| (_) * * * ****************************************************************** -- _ ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _| |__/ __ \| |_ _ __| |__| | | |_ _| |_| |_ ___ ___ \ V / / / / _` | | || / _` / _` |_| | || | _| ' \ _(_-</ -_) \_/|_\_\ \__,_|_|\_,_\__,_\__,_(_)_|\_,_|\__|_||_(_)__/\___| \____/ uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/~ix/arjf/ LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/
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