There are 2 tools used for this purpose.
Figlet
Toilet
Figlet is a simple command line utility for creating large letters out of ordinary text.
Toilet is a sub-command under figlet used for creating colourful large characters from ordinary text.Bot utilities are available in the default package manager. So in order to use them, they have to be installed.
Ubuntu/Debian
CentOS/RHEL
Fedora 22+
How To Use Figlet
After installing, all you need to do is provide the text you want to transform as an argument to figlet as shown below.
Other modifications that can be made to it include
Justification - Align text to the left, right or center
To create output at the center, use
To create output to the right, use
To create output to the left, use
Define output width
Use -w to control the width of the output. The default width is 80 columns.
To use the full width of your terminal, type this command
Space output
For a more readable output, use -k to add a little space between the printed characters.Notice the difference from the output above.
Read input from a file
You can read text from a file using the -p option.
Change output font
Specify the font you want to use with -f option.Font is a .fif or .tif file stored in /usr/share/figlet. You can check available fonts using the following command
To use your selected font, type the following in your terminal
For more information on figlet you can refer to its man pages which can be accessed through the terminal using this command:
How To Use Toilet
It transforms text to large ASCII characters.
To change the font, use -f option. it reads fonts from the same source as figlet.
Metallic blue font use this command:
For more information on toilet you can refer to its man pages which can be accessed through the terminal using this command:
man toilet
Figlet
Toilet
Figlet is a simple command line utility for creating large letters out of ordinary text.
Toilet is a sub-command under figlet used for creating colourful large characters from ordinary text.Bot utilities are available in the default package manager. So in order to use them, they have to be installed.
Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt install figlet toilet
CentOS/RHEL
sudo yum install figlet toilet
Fedora 22+
sudo dnf install figlet toilet
How To Use Figlet
After installing, all you need to do is provide the text you want to transform as an argument to figlet as shown below.
figlet subscribe.com
Other modifications that can be made to it include
Justification - Align text to the left, right or center
To create output at the center, use
figlet -c example.com
To create output to the right, use
figlet -r example.com
To create output to the left, use
figlet -l example.com
Define output width
Use -w to control the width of the output. The default width is 80 columns.
figlet -w 80 I love Linux
To use the full width of your terminal, type this command
figlet -t example.com
Space output
For a more readable output, use -k to add a little space between the printed characters.Notice the difference from the output above.
figlet -kt example.com
Read input from a file
You can read text from a file using the -p option.
$ echo "Today I will subscribe and comment"> youtube.txt
$ figlet -kp < youtube.txt
Change output font
Specify the font you want to use with -f option.Font is a .fif or .tif file stored in /usr/share/figlet. You can check available fonts using the following command
ls /usr/share/figlet
To use your selected font, type the following in your terminal
figlet -f slant "I love Linux"
figlet -f bubble "I love Linux"
For more information on figlet you can refer to its man pages which can be accessed through the terminal using this command:
man figlet
How To Use Toilet
It transforms text to large ASCII characters.
toilet like my page
To change the font, use -f option. it reads fonts from the same source as figlet.
toilet -kf script subscribe.com
Metallic blue font use this command:
toilet -f mono12 -F metal Subscribe
For more information on toilet you can refer to its man pages which can be accessed through the terminal using this command:
man toilet
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