FIGlet font

Banner FIGlet Font

Banner is a 8-row FIGlet font by Ryan Youck, 1994. It suits README headers and terminal splash screens.

Banner rendered in Banner
 ######                                     
 #     #   ##   #    # #    # ###### #####  
 #     #  #  #  ##   # ##   # #      #    # 
 ######  #    # # #  # # #  # #####  #    # 
 #     # ###### #  # # #  # # #      #####  
 #     # #    # #   ## #   ## #      #   #  
 ######  #    # #    # #    # ###### #    # 

Open Banner in the generator

Samples

"Hello" in Banner
 #     #                             
 #     # ###### #      #       ####  
 #     # #      #      #      #    # 
 ####### #####  #      #      #    # 
 #     # #      #      #      #    # 
 #     # #      #      #      #    # 
 #     # ###### ###### ######  ####  
Letters and digits in Banner
    #    #######                       ###    #####  
   # #        #       ##   ######     #   #  #     # 
  #   #      #       #  #      #     #     # #     # 
 #     #    #       #    #    #      #     #  ###### 
 #######   #        ######   #       #     #       # 
 #     #  #         #    #  #         #   #  #     # 
 #     # #######    #    # ######      ###    #####  

Specifications

Height8 rows
Baselinerow 7
Widest character54 columns
Average width7.2 columns per character
"Hello" renders at36 columns
Font fileBanner.flf (33.6 KB)

Where it works

At 8 rows it has room for real letterforms, which is what makes a header look deliberate.

About 7.2 columns per character. A five-letter word lands near 36 columns, comfortable in a README.

About this font

Taken from the credits inside Banner.flf:

banner.flf version 2 by Ryan Youck ()

(From a unix program called banner)

I am not responsible for use of this font

Thanks to Glenn Chappell for his help

Katakana characters by Vinney Thai

Cyrillic characters from "koi8x8" BDF font.

Date: August 11, 1994

Merged by John Cowan

Modified by Paul Burton 12/96 to include new parameter

supported by FIGlet and FIGWin. May also be slightly modified for better use

of new full-width/kern/smush alternatives, but default output is NOT changed.

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