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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 14 Feb 2004.
Re: FIGlet Fonts Library update

Re: FIGlet Fonts Library update

MJP wrote:
> I think it would make a cool figfont.... :)

Indeed. I have played around with a few characters, but it is really hard:
                  ,---,                             ,---,
                ,---.'|                           ,---.'|
                |   | :                           |   | :
    ,--.--.     :   : :            ,---.          |   | |       ,---.
   /       \    :     |,-.        /     \       ,--.__| |      /     \
  .--.  .-. |   |   : '  |       /    / '      /   ,'   |     /    /  |
   \__\/: . .   |   |  / :      .    ' /      .   '  /  |    .    ' / |
   ," .--.; |   '   : |: |      '   ; :__     '   ; |:  |    '   ;   /|
  /  /  ,.  |   |   | '/ :          | '.'|    |   | '/  '        |  / |
;  :   .'   \  |   :    |      |   :    :    |   :    :|    |   :    |
|  ,     .-./  /    \  /        \   \  /      \   \  /       \   \  /
  `--`---'      `-'----'          `----'        `----'         `----'

   ,--,             ,--,
,--.'|           ,--.'|_               ,--,
|  | :           |  | :,'            ,'_ /|       .---.
:  : '           :  : ' :       .--. |  | :     /.  ./|
|  ' |          ;__,'  /      ,'_ /| :  . |   .-' . ' |
'  | |         |  |   |       |  ' | |  . .  /___/ \: |
|  | :         :__,'| :       |  | ' |  | |  .   \  ' .
'  : |__         '  : |__     :  | : ;  ; |   \   \   '      ___
|  | '.'|        |  | '.'|    '  :  `--'   \   \   \        /  .\
;  :    ;        ;  :    ;    :  ,      .-./    \   \ |     \  ; |
|  ,   /         |  ,   /      `--`----'         '---"       `--"
  ---`-'           ---`-'

           ,----,
         .-- -.' \
         |    |   :
         :    ;   |
         :        |
         |    :   :
         :
         |    ;   |
     ___ l
   /    /\    J   :
  /  ../  `..-    ,
  \    \         ;
   \    \      ,'
    "---....--'

The most complicated characters are still missing and the existing ones 
could use some diddling.

When using the font it is handy to have a FIGdriver that allows you 
tweaking the layout. With FIGlet's default layout options all you can 
get is this:
   ,--,                               ,--,                 ,---,
,--.'|                             ,--.'|               ,---.'|
|  | :                .---.        |  | :               |   | :
:  : '     ,---.    /.  ./|  ,---. :  : '     ,---.     |   | |
|  ' |    /     \ .-' . ' | /     \|  ' |    /     \  ,--.__| |
'  | |   /    /  /___/ \: |/    /  '  | |   /    /  |/   ,'   |
|  | :  .    ' / .   \  ' .    ' / |  | :  .    ' / .   '  /  |
'  : |__'   ;   /|\   \   '   ;   /'  : |__'   ;   /'   ; |:  |
|  | '.'|   |  / | \   \      |  / |  | '.'|   |  / |   | '/  '
;  :    |   :    |  \   \ |   :    ;  :    |   :    |   :    :|
|  ,   / \   \  /    '---" \   \  /|  ,   / \   \  / \   \  /
  ---`-'   `----'            `----'  ---`-'   `----'   `----'

I think it would look better if one could specify to smush the 
characters one additional column:
       ,--,                           ,--,               ,---,
     ,--.'|                         ,--.'|             ,---.'|
     |  | :              .---.      |  | :             |   | :
     :  : '    ,---.   /.  ./| ,---.:  : '    ,---.    |   | |
     |  ' |   /     \.-' . ' |/     |  ' |   /     \ ,--.__| |
     '  | |  /    / /___/ \: /    / '  | |  /    /  /   ,'   |
     |  | : .    ' /.   \  '.    ' /|  | : .    ' /.   '  /  |
     '  : |_'   ;   /\   \  '   ;   '  : |_'   ;   '   ; |:  |
     |  | '.|   |  / |\   \     |  /|  | '.|   |  /|   | '/  '
     ;  :   |   :    | \   \|   :   ;  :   |   :   |   :    :|
     |  ,   /\   \  /   '---"\   \  |  ,   /\   \  /\   \  /
      ---`-'  `----'          `----' ---`-'  `----'  `----'

Markus

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