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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 17 Jun 1994.
Talk: New Figlet Font

Talk: New Figlet Font

   Nice font.  It's interesting how this stuff gets copied and modified 
along the way.

   I first saw this font (unslanted and thicker) in a BBS screen.  I 
looked like:

           ::::::::::::::::::::    ::::::::::::    ::::::::::::::::
           :::+:::+:::+:::+:::+    :::+:::+:::+    :::+:::+:::+:::+
           :+:+    :+:+    :+:+    :+:+            :+:+        :+:+
           +:++    +++:    +:+:    +:++            +:+:        +:+:
           ++++    ++++    ++++    ++++            ++++++++++++++++
           +++#    +++#    +++#    +++#            +++#+++#+++#+++#
           +#+#    +#+#    +#+#    +#+#            +#+#
           #+##            #+#+    #+###+#+###+    #+#+
           ####            ####    ############    ####

   So I copied the style and made thinner letters so I could make a 
Scarecrow sig.

 ......  .....  ......  .......  ......  ..... .......   ......  ...  ...  ...
::::::: :::::: :::::::: :::::::: :::::: :::::: :::::::: :::::::: :::  :::  ::: 
+::     +::    ::+  ::: ::+  ::: ::+    ::+    ::+  ::: ::+  ::: ::+  ::+  ::+ 
+:+     +:+    +:+  :+: +:+  :+: +:+    +:+    +:+  :+: +:+  :+: +:+  +:+  +:+ 
++::++  +:+    :+:+:+:+ :+::+:+  :+++#+ :+:    :+:++:+  :+:  +:+ :++  ++:  :+: 
 ++++++ +++    ++++++++ ++++++   +++++# +++    ++++++   +++  +++ +++  +++  +++ 
    +#+ #++    ++#  +++ ++# #++  ++#    ++#    ++# #++  ++#  +++ ++#  ++#  ++# 
    +#+ #+#    #+#  +#+ #+#  +#+ #+#    #+#    #+#  +#+ #+#  +#+ #+#  #+#  #+# 
##+#### +#+### +#+  #+# +#+  #+# +##+## +#+#+# +#+  #+# +#+#+##+ +###+#++#+#+# 
######   ##### ###  ### ###  ### ######  ##### ###  ###  ######   ########### 

   Along with a version with a reflection.

 ......  .....  ......  .......  ......  ..... .......   ......  ...  ...  ...
::::::: :::::: :::::::: :::::::: :::::: :::::: :::::::: :::::::: :::  :::  ::: 
+::     +::    ::+  ::: ::+  ::: ::+    ::+    ::+  ::: ::+  ::: ::+  ::+  ::+ 
++::++  +:+    :+:+:+:+ :+::+:+  :+++:+ :+:    :+:++:+  :+:  +:+ :++  ++:  :+: 
 ++++++ +++    ++++++++ ++++++   +++++# +++    ++++++   +++  +++ +++  +++  +++ 
    +#+ #++    ++#  +++ ++# #++  ++#    ++#    ++# #++  ++#  +++ ++#  ++#  ++# 
##+#### +#+### +#+  #+# +#+  #+# +##+## +#+#+# +#+  #+# +#+#+##+ +###+#++#+#+# 
######   ##### ###  ### ###  ### ######  ##### ###  ###  ######   ########### 
------   ----- ---  --- ---  --- ------  ----- ---  ---  ------   ----------- 
--'---- '-'--- '-'  -'- '-'  -'- '--'-- '-'-'- '-'  -'- '-'-'--' '---'-''-'-'- 
    '-' -''    ''-  ''' ''- -''  ''-    ''-    ''- -''  ''-  ''' ''-  ''-  ''- 
 '''''' '''    '''''''' ''''''   '''''- '''    ''''''   '''  ''' '''  '''  ''' 
''..''  '.'    .'.'.'.' .'..'.'  .'''.' .'.    .'.''.'  .'.  '.' .''  ''.  .'. 
'..     '..    ..'  ... ..'  ... ..'    ..'    ..'  ... ..'  ... ..'  ..'  ..' 
....... ...... ........ ........ ...... ...... ........ ........ ...  ...  ... 
 ......  .....  ......  .......  ......  ..... .......   ......  ...  ...  ...

   Then other people started using it for their sigs.  Then, Simon made 
himself a sig with a slanted modification.

      ::::::::    :::::::::::     :::   :::      ::::::::    ::::    :::   :::
    :+:    :+:       :+:        :+:+: :+:+:    :+:    :+:   :+:+:   :+:   :+:
   +:+              +:+       +:+ +:+:+ +:+   +:+    +:+   :+:+:+  +:+   +:+
  +#++:++#++       +#+       +#+  +:+  +#+   +#+    +:+   +#+ +:+ +#+   +#+
        +#+       +#+       +#+       +#+   +#+    +#+   +#+  +#+#+#   +#+
#+#    #+#       #+#       #+#       #+#   #+#    #+#   #+#   #+#+#
########    ###########   ###       ###    ########    ###    ####   ###

   He then made a Figlet version of this font, which is in the post 
before this one, in this thread.

   What's next?  How about a new Scarecrow sig with the slanted version.  
But I had to really thin out the letters to make it fit.  So here's yet 
another modification of the font.

--
      :::::   :::::    ::    :::::   :::::: ::::: :::::    :::::  :::     :::
    :+: :+: :+: :+:  :++:   :+: :+: :+:   :+: :+::+: :+: :+: :+: :+:     :+:
   +:+     +:+     +:  :+  +:+ +:+ +:+   +:+    +:+ +:+ +:+ +:+ +:+     +:+
  +#++#++ +#+    +#+:+++: +#++#:  +#++: +#+    +#:+#:  +#+ +:+ +#+ +:+ +#+
     +#+ +#+    +#+  +#+ +#+ +#+ +#+   +#+    +#+ +#+ +#+ +#+ +#++#+#++#+
#+# #+# #+#  +##+#  #+# #+# #+# #+#   #+#  +##+# #+# #+# #+#  #+#  #++#
#####   ##### ###  ### ###  ######### ##### ###  ### #####    ##   ##

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From: bob...@gagme.wwa.com (Bob Allison)
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Subject: Talk: New Figlet Font
Date: 17 Jun 1994 11:01:37 -0500
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