FIGlet font

Big FIGlet Font

Big is a 8-row FIGlet font by Glenn Chappell, 1996. It suits README headers and terminal splash screens.

Big rendered in Big
  ____  _       
 |  _ \(_)      
 | |_) |_  __ _ 
 |  _ <| |/ _` |
 | |_) | | (_| |
 |____/|_|\__, |
           __/ |
          |___/ 

Open Big in the generator

Samples

"Hello" in Big
  _    _      _ _       
 | |  | |    | | |      
 | |__| | ___| | | ___  
 |  __  |/ _ \ | |/ _ \ 
 | |  | |  __/ | | (_) |
 |_|  |_|\___|_|_|\___/ 
Letters and digits in Big
            ______               ___   ___  
     /\    |___  /              / _ \ / _ \ 
    /  \      / /    __ _ ____ | | | | (_) |
   / /\ \    / /    / _` |_  / | | | |\__, |
  / ____ \  / /__  | (_| |/ /  | |_| |  / / 
 /_/    \_\/_____|  \__,_/___|  \___/  /_/  

Specifications

Height8 rows
Baselinerow 6
Widest character59 columns
Average width4.8 columns per character
"Hello" renders at24 columns
Font fileBig.flf (27.9 KB)
Derived fromStandard

Where it works

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

About 4.8 columns per character, so a short word still fits a phone screen.

About this font

Taken from the credits inside Big.flf:

Big by Glenn Chappell 4/93 -- based on Standard

Includes ISO Latin-1

Greek characters by Bruce Jakeway

figlet release 2.2 -- November 1996

Permission is hereby given to modify this font, as long as the

modifier's name is placed on a comment line.

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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