Re: Utilities, s/w for drawing ascii-art ?

Lindsay wrote:
> 
> For some time I've been on the lookout for a utility/program for an
> IBM-comp PC which would transform text using the keyboard characters
> without having to manually draw it.
> 
> i.e. By typing in LINZ, the program would automatically transform it
> along the lines of:
>     _      _   __    _   _____
>    | |    | | |  \  | | |___  |      (I know, not very brilliant,)
>    | |    | | | \ \ | |    / /       (but I hope you get the gist)
>    | |__  | | | |\ \| |  _/ /_       (I'm looking for something a)
>    |____| |_| |_| \___| |_____|      (little fancier   ;-)       )
> 
> I'm afraid I'm rather useless on the artistic front, (being amazed at
> many of the fascinating artworks from the contributors in this ng),
> and require such a utility/program for making kids posters etc. for my
> No.1 son and, of course, my own amusement.
> 
> Any pointers would be gratefully received.

Yes. Get FIGlet. Availible for all platforms, and it got zillions
of fonts. Make sure you download all of them at:
FTP:
ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/unix/tools/figlet/

Figlet server:
http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/

@
Example output: (random chosen fonts)
Figlet for Linz


Using santaclara
  __              
 ( /   o          
  /   ,  _ _   __,
(/___/(_/ / /_/_/_
              (/  
                  

Using B1FF
|_1/\/Z

Using rot13
Yvam

Using term
Linz

Using crawford
 _      ____  ____   _____ 
| T    l    j|    \ |     T
| |     |  T |  _  Yl__/  |
| l___  |  | |  |  ||   __j
|     T |  | |  |  ||  /  |
|     | j  l |  |  ||     |
l_____j|____jl__j__jl_____j
                           

Using whimsy
 d8b   d8,                  
 88P  `8P                   
d88                         
888    88b  88bd88b d88888P 
?88    88P  88P' ?8b   d8P' 
 88b  d88  d88   88P d8P'   
  88bd88' d88'   88bd88888P'

Erik
Wicked Ascii Art <http://home.sol.no/kseide/Ascii>
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