FIGlet font

Basic FIGlet Font

Basic is a 8-row FIGlet font by Craig O'Flaherty, 1994. It suits README headers and terminal splash screens.

Basic rendered in Basic

d8888b.  .d8b.  .d8888. d888888b  .o88b. 
88  `8D d8' `8b 88'  YP   `88'   d8P  Y8 
88oooY' 88ooo88 `8bo.      88    8P      
88~~~b. 88~~~88   `Y8b.    88    8b      
88   8D 88   88 db   8D   .88.   Y8b  d8 
Y8888P' YP   YP `8888Y' Y888888P  `Y88P'

Open Basic in the generator

Samples

"Hello" in Basic

db   db d88888b db      db       .d88b.  
88   88 88'     88      88      .8P  Y8. 
88ooo88 88ooooo 88      88      88    88 
88~~~88 88~~~~~ 88      88      88    88 
88   88 88.     88booo. 88booo. `8b  d8' 
YP   YP Y88888P Y88888P Y88888P  `Y88P'

Letters and digits in Basic

 .d8b.  d88888D       .d8b.  d88888D       .d88b.  .d888b. 
d8' `8b YP  d8'      d8' `8b YP  d8'      .8P  88. 88' `8D 
88ooo88    d8'       88ooo88    d8'       88  d'88 `V8o88' 
88~~~88   d8'        88~~~88   d8'        88 d' 88    d8'  
88   88  d8' db      88   88  d8' db      `88  d8'   d8'   
YP   YP d88888P      YP   YP d88888P       `Y88P'   d8'

Specifications

Height	8 rows
Baseline	row 8
Widest character	17 columns
Average width	8 columns per character
"Hello" renders at	40 columns
Font file	Basic.flf (8.4 KB)

Where it works

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

About 8 columns per character. A five-letter word lands near 40 columns, comfortable in a README.

About this font

Taken from the credits inside Basic.flf:

basic.flf by Craig O'Flaherty
August 17, 1994
Font modified June 17, 2007 by patorjk
This was to widen the space character.