Mike
3 rows, 3 columns per character.
FIGlet font
Bigfig FIGlet Font
Bigfig is a 3-row FIGlet font by Glenn Chappell, 1995. It suits inline text, nicknames and one-line labels.
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Samples
|_| _ | | _ | |(/_ | | (_)
_ ___ _ _ |_| _/ _ _ / \(_| | |/__ (_| /_ \_/ _|
Specifications
| Height | 3 rows |
|---|---|
| Baseline | row 3 |
| Widest character | 5 columns |
| Average width | 3 columns per character |
| "Hello" renders at | 15 columns |
| Font file | Bigfig.flf (2.9 KB) |
| Derived from | Mini |
Where it works
Only 3 rows tall, so it survives places that give you very little vertical space.
About 3 columns per character, so a short word still fits a phone screen.
About this font
Taken from the credits inside Bigfig.flf:
Expansion font for bigfig program by Glenn Chappell 4/93 -- based on Mini
26 Apr 1995
Permission is hereby given to modify this font, as long as the
modifier's name is placed on a comment line.
This font is intended to be used with the "bigfig" program. It can
be used as an ordinary figlet font, but it won't look very nice.
"bigfig" is available by anonymous ftp from "ftp.nicoh.com". Look in
the directory "pub/figlet/util".
Or, if you'd rather not use the bigfig program, just type
figlet -w27 -f myfavoritefont | figlet -f bigfig
Explanation of first line:
flf2 - "magic number" for file identification
a - should always be `a', for now
$ - the "hardblank" -- prints as a blank, but can't be smushed
3 - height of a character
3 - height of a character, not including descenders
5 - max line length (excluding comment lines) + a fudge factor
-1 - default smushmode for this font
23 - number of comment lines
Similar fonts
Closest matches by height and character width.
Digital
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Short
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Pyramid
3 rows, 5 columns per character.
Mini
4 rows, 3.2 columns per character.