FIGlet font

Gothic FIGlet Font

Gothic is a 9-row FIGlet font by Howard Chu. It suits README headers and terminal splash screens.

Gothic rendered in Gothic
    __ ,                           
  ,-| ~           ,  ,,            
 ('||/__,        ||  ||     '      
(( |||  |  /'\\ =||= ||/\\ \\  _-_ 
(( |||==| || ||  ||  || || || ||   
 ( / |  , || ||  ||  || || || ||   
  -____/  \\,/   \\, \\ |/ \\ \\,/ 
                       _/          

Open Gothic in the generator

Samples

"Hello" in Gothic
_-_-            ,, ,,       
  /,            || ||       
  || __    _-_  || ||  /'\\ 
 ~||-  -  || \\ || || || || 
  ||===|| ||/   || || || || 
 ( \_, |  \\,/  \\ \\ \\,/  
       `                    
Letters and digits in Gothic
  ___                                            
 -   -_, _-___                        /\\   /\\  
(  ~/||      /         _             || || || || 
(  / ||     /         < \, /\\       || || || || 
 \/==||   =/=         /-||  /        || ||  \/|| 
 /_ _||   /          (( || /\\       || ||    || 
(  - \\, /-__-        \/\\  ||        \\/   \_/  
                            /                    
                           (,                    

Specifications

Height9 rows
Baselinerow 8
Widest character14 columns
Average width5.4 columns per character
"Hello" renders at27 columns
Font fileGothic.flf (8.6 KB)

Where it works

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

About 5.4 columns per character. A five-letter word lands near 27 columns, comfortable in a README.

About this font

Taken from the credits inside Gothic.flf:

Gothic.flf - Taken from a banner program called "gothic" by Howard Chu

Figletization suggested bu Bob Bright ()

Figletized by Wendell Hicken 11/19/93 ()

Version 1.1 - updated on 11/23/93

Version 1.11 - updated on 11/28/93 by Brian Tao ()

- adjusted baseline and fixed some spacing problems

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

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

-1 - default smushmode for this font (like "-m 15" on command line)

16 - number of comment lines

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