FIGlet font

Block FIGlet Font

Block is a 8-row FIGlet font by Glenn Chappell, 1994. It suits README headers and terminal splash screens.

Block rendered in Block
 _|_|_|    _|                      _|        
 _|    _|  _|    _|_|      _|_|_|  _|  _|    
 _|_|_|    _|  _|    _|  _|        _|_|      
 _|    _|  _|  _|    _|  _|        _|  _|    
 _|_|_|    _|    _|_|      _|_|_|  _|    _|  

Open Block in the generator

Samples

"Hello" in Block
 _|    _|            _|  _|            
 _|    _|    _|_|    _|  _|    _|_|    
 _|_|_|_|  _|_|_|_|  _|  _|  _|    _|  
 _|    _|  _|        _|  _|  _|    _|  
 _|    _|    _|_|_|  _|  _|    _|_|    
Letters and digits in Block
   _|_|    _|_|_|_|_|                                _|      _|_|    
 _|    _|        _|          _|_|_|  _|_|_|_|      _|  _|  _|    _|  
 _|_|_|_|      _|          _|    _|      _|        _|  _|    _|_|_|  
 _|    _|    _|            _|    _|    _|          _|  _|        _|  
 _|    _|  _|_|_|_|_|        _|_|_|  _|_|_|_|        _|    _|_|_|    

Specifications

Height8 rows
Baselinerow 6
Widest character27 columns
Average width7.4 columns per character
"Hello" renders at37 columns
Font fileBlock.flf (23.9 KB)

Where it works

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

About 7.4 columns per character. A five-letter word lands near 37 columns, comfortable in a README.

About this font

Taken from the credits inside Block.flf:

Block by Glenn Chappell 4/93 -- straight version of Lean

Includes ISO Latin-1

figlet release 2.1 -- 12 Aug 1994

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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