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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 19 Jun 1998.
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| | | / __|/ _ \ '_ \ / _ \ __|   / _ \ | '__/ __| '_ \| \ \ / / _ \
| |_| \__ \  __/ | | |  __/ |_   / ___ \| | | (__| | | | |\ V /  __/
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Figlet in other languages?

Figlet in other languages?

alt.ascii-art · 2 messages · 19 Jun 1998 - 23 Jun 1998
Lester5374 <les...@aol.com> 19 Jun 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
     Is Figlet used in other languages? Or is ASCII fonting mainly a English
type of thing? I would be interested in seeing ASCII fonts from other languages
and countries.
.
http://members.aol.com/lester5374/index.htm  -  Ansi home page 
FTP://members.aol.com/lester5374/ansi  - To download the ANSI format

Shimrod <csg...@wing.rug.nl> ASCII art 23 Jun 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
Lester5374 wrote:
> 
> Is Figlet used in other languages? Or is ASCII fonting mainly a English
> type of thing? I would be interested in seeing ASCII fonts from other languages
> and countries.
> .

There's several fonts from other charactersets, you can find them in:
  ftp://ftp.internexus.net/pub/figlet/fonts/international/

Examples:

Greek:

                                                                       
  ___  ______   __          _____  _    _____ _   _ ___   ___    _   __
 / _ \|  _ \ \ / /    /\   |  ___)| |_ |  ___) | | (   ) / _ \  | | / /
| |_| | |_) ) v /    /  \  | |_ /     \| |   | |_| || | ( (_| |_| |/ / 
|  _  |  _ ( > <    / /\ \ |  _| (| |) ) |   |  _  || |_ \ _   _)   <  
| | | | |_) ) ^ \  / /__\ \| |__\_   _/| |   | | | || | |___| | | |\ \ 
|_| |_|____/_/ \_\/________\_____)|_|  |_|   |_| |_(___)_____/  |_| \_\
                                                                       

         ___         __        _                              __           
        / _ \       / _)      | |                             \ \          
  __  _| |_) )_   __\ \  ___ _| |_ _   _ _ __  _ _   __  _  __ \ \   _   _ 
 /  \/ /  _ <\ \ / / _ \/ __)     ( \ / ) '_ \| | | /  \| |/ /  > \ | | | |
( ()  <| |_) )\ v ( (_) > _| (| |) ) v /| | | | | || || )   <  / ^ \| |_| |
 \__/\_\  __/  > < \___/\___)_   _/ | | |_| | |\_)_   _/|_|\_\/_/ \_\ ._,_|
       | |    / ^ \           | |   | |     | |    | |              | |    
       |_|   /_/ \_\          |_|   |_|     |_|    |_|              |_|    

Hebrew: (note right to left writing, which is an option in FIGlet)
    _                                                                          
   | |____ _______ ___ ___ __   _ _____ ______  ____    ______   ___ _   _   _ 
   |____  |.  __  |_  |_  |\ \ | |____ \____  ||__  |  |____  | |_  | | | | | |
       / / | |  | | | | |_| \ \| |    | |_  | |   | |       | |   | | | | | | |
      / /  | |  | | | |    __\ ` |____| | | |_|___| |  _____| |___| | |/ /_/ / 
     /_/   |_|  |_| | |   |______|_____/| |  /____/\_\/________/____|_______/  
                    |_|                 |_|                                    
                                                                               
       _____   _________ ______    _________ ________ _______  __   __._______ 
      |_  \ \ / /____   |____  |  / /  ___  |.  ___  |.  __  | \ \ / /|____  .|
        | |  V /     | |     | | / / \_\  | || |   | || |  | |  \ V /      | | 
        | | |\ \     | |     | |/ /  _____| || |___| || | _| |___\  \      | | 
        |_|_| \_\    |_|     |_/_/  |_______||_______||_||___|______|      | | 
                                                                           |_| 
                                                                               
                                           ________ __   ___ _______ _ _______ 
                                           \__   __\. | /_  |.  __  ( )_____  |
                                              | |   | |   | || |  | |/  _   | |
                                              | |   | |___| || |__/ |  | |  | |
                                              |_|   |_______||_____/   |_|  |_|
                                                                               

Russian:

                                                                               
  #   ####  #   # #####  #####   #   ##### #   # #   # # # # #   # ##### #   # 
 # #   #    #   #  #  #  #      ###  #   #  # #  #  ##  ###  #  #   #  # ## ## 
#####  ####  ####  #  #  ####  # # # #       #   # # #   #   ###    #  # # # # 
#   #  #  #     #  ####  #      ###  #      # #  ##  #  ###  #  #   #  # #   # 
#   # #####     # #    # #####   #   #     #   # #   # # # # #   # #   # #   # 
                                                                               
#   #  ###  ##### #   # ####   #### ##### #   # ####  #   # #   #   #### ####  
#   # #   # #   # #   # #   # #       #    # #  #   # # # # # # #  #   #     # 
##### #   # #   # #   # ####  #       #     #   ####  # # # # # #   ####  ###  
#   # #   # #   # ##### #     #       #    #    #   # # # # # # #   #  #     # 
#   #  ###  #   #     # #      ####   #   #     ####   ###   ##### #   # ####  

                                                                               
arabic?? (font is called Tengwar):


   db                                               .dP' `Yb          
db    db                                          dP'     88          
                                                          88          
  'Yb    `Yb d88b d88b   .dP'  dP' `Yb.d88b d88b   'Yb    88.d88b.    
   88     88P   8Y   8b  88    88   88'   8Y   8b   88    88P'   Y8   
   88     88    8P   88  Y8   .88   88    8P   88   88    88     8P   
  .8P     88  .dP' .dP'  `Y88P'88   88  ,dP  ,dP   .8P    88   ,dP    
          888888888888b.       88   88                   .888888888b. 
          88                   88   88                                
         .8P                   Y8. .8P                                
                `Yb.                                                     
                  `Yb         db                                         
"Ybaaaaaaaaad8'     Yb                          `Ybaaaaaad8'             
 .dP'  dP'  88       Yb      'Yb .dP' .dP'  dP'   .dP'   88  `Y8888888b. 
 88   88    88      dPYb      88 88   88    88    88     88     .dP'     
 Y8   Y8   .88    ,dP  Yb     88 Y8   Y8   .88    Y8    .88   ,dP        
 `Y88P`Y88P'88  .dP'    `Yb. .8P `Y88P`Y88P'88    `Y888P'88   88     .   
            88                              88           88   `Yb...dP   
            88                              88           88     `"""'    
            Y8.                             Y8.          Y8.             

Katakana (japanese):

##########       ##     #                        #        #     # #     
      ###      ##   ##########   #######  ########## ##########  #   #  
     #       ## #   #        #      #           ##       #    # # # #   
    #      ##   #          ##       #         ## #       #    #    #    
   #            #        ##         #       ##   #      #     #   # #   
  #             #      ##           #     ##    ##     #   # #   #   #  
 #              #    ##        ##########        #    #     #         # 
                                                                        

Tsalagi (cherokee):
  _      __      __          ____    _      __    __          _ _____       _ 
 <_>    / _'_   /  \    /\    |  |  ` |    /  \  /  '     () / ' |  \    /\/ '
       |        _   |  | |    |    |-_|   |    |"\_      /~\     |__/   /\    
  |    |   @  /\|   || | | _  |       |   |    | /  _   |   |    | \   |  |   
 _|_    \__/  \/ \_/  \_\'_/ _|_     _|_   \__/  \__,    \_/    _|  \_  \/    


Runic:

|\  |~\  |    |\    /| |\    /| | / / \    / |    | |  /       / |\   |\  /| 
| \ |  > |    | \  / | | \  / | |/ /   \  /  |\   | | /       /  | \  | \/ | 
|\  |_/  |    |  \/  | |  \/  | | /     \/   | \  | | \   \  /   |  \ | /\ | 
| \ |~\  |\   |  /\  | |      | |/      /\   |  \ | |  \   \ \   |    |/  \| 
|   |  > | \  | /  \ | |      | |      /  \  |   \| |      /  \  |    |    | 
|   |_/  |  \ |/    \| |      | |     /    \ |    | |     /    \ |    |    | 


Greetz,
-- 
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.      __,-; ,'( '/               _ -   Herman Hiddema aka Shimrod  `
 \.    `-.__`-._`:_,-._       _ ' . ' ' - . shi...@fmf.ml.org ' ` ` :
  `:-._,------' ` _,`--` -: `_ , ` ,' : http://fmf.ml.org/~shimrod/ ,
hh   `---..__,,--'            ` -'. -' .` . _ - . : -- _, `-  .. - '

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