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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 7 Nov 1994.
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Figlet for MS-DOS

Figlet for MS-DOS

alt.ascii-art · 1 message · 7 Nov 1994
Todd Hale <tha...@novell.com> ASCII art 7 Nov 1994 18:46 · permalink 
Danni Bauer <bau...@gtetel.com> writes:
>Someone else wrote:
>> I'm having trouble with FIGLET for DOS. I get it do load fonts, type the 
>> nice words, etc. etc. But how do I cut these words from the dos window, 
>> into a word processor, or what ever?

>In DOS I do:    echo HELLO | figlet -f cool > filename.txt

>Then open the file in a WP.

Or do it in a DOSBox (sounds like a cyber-bumper sticker).  I run it in a 
Windowed DOSBox and copy it from there (System Menu/Edit/Mark, drag around the 
text you want, hit Enter(!), then paste it wherever).


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