FIGlet font

Epic FIGlet Font

Epic is a 9-row FIGlet font by Claude Martins, 1994. It suits README headers and terminal splash screens.

Epic rendered in Epic
 _______  _______ _________ _______ 
(  ____ \(  ____ )\__   __/(  ____ \
| (    \/| (    )|   ) (   | (    \/
| (__    | (____)|   | |   | |      
|  __)   |  _____)   | |   | |      
| (      | (         | |   | |      
| (____/\| )      ___) (___| (____/\
(_______/|/       \_______/(_______/

Open Epic in the generator

Samples

"Hello" in Epic
          _______  _        _        _______ 
|\     /|(  ____ \( \      ( \      (  ___  )
| )   ( || (    \/| (      | (      | (   ) |
| (___) || (__    | |      | |      | |   | |
|  ___  ||  __)   | |      | |      | |   | |
| (   ) || (      | |      | |      | |   | |
| )   ( || (____/\| (____/\| (____/\| (___) |
|/     \|(_______/(_______/(_______/(_______)
Letters and digits in Epic
 _______  _______    _______  _______    _______   _____  
(  ___  )/ ___   )  (  ___  )/ ___   )  (  __   ) / ___ \ 
| (   ) |\/   )  |  | (   ) |\/   )  |  | (  )  |( (   ) )
| (___) |    /   )  | (___) |    /   )  | | /   |( (___) |
|  ___  |   /   /   |  ___  |   /   /   | (/ /) | \____  |
| (   ) |  /   /    | (   ) |  /   /    |   / | |      ) |
| )   ( | /   (_/\  | )   ( | /   (_/\  |  (__) |/\____) )
|/     \|(_______/  |/     \|(_______/  (_______)\______/ 

Specifications

Height9 rows
Baselinerow 8
Widest character13 columns
Average width9 columns per character
"Hello" renders at45 columns
Font fileEpic.flf (9.6 KB)

Where it works

At 9 rows it has room for real letterforms, which is what makes a header look deliberate.

About 9 columns per character. A five-letter word lands near 45 columns, comfortable in a README.

About this font

Taken from the credits inside Epic.flf:

Epic by Claude Martins 12/94

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.

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

9 - height of a character

8 - height of a character, not including descenders

13 - max line length (excluding comment lines) + a fudge factor

16 - default smushmode for this font

16 - number of comment lines

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