FIGlet font

Kban FIGlet Font

Kban is a 7-row FIGlet font by Randy Jae Weinstein, 1994. It suits README headers and terminal splash screens.

Kban rendered in Kban
'||'  |'  '||                       
 || .'     || ...   ....   .. ...   
 ||'|.     ||'  || '' .||   ||  ||  
 ||  ||    ||    | .|' ||   ||  ||  
.||.  ||.  '|...'  '|..'|' .||. ||. 

Open Kban in the generator

Samples

"Hello" in Kban
'||'  '||'         '||  '||          
 ||    ||    ....   ||   ||    ...   
 ||''''||  .|...||  ||   ||  .|  '|. 
 ||    ||  ||       ||   ||  ||   || 
.||.  .||.  '|...' .||. .||.  '|..|' 
Letters and digits in Kban
    |     |'''''||                                    
   |||        .|'       ....   ......      /\\   /\\  
  |  ||      ||        '' .||  '  .|'     || || || || 
 .''''|.   .|'         .|' ||   .|'       || || || || 
.|.  .||. ||......|    '|..'|' ||....|    || ||  \/|| 
                                          || ||    || 
                                           \\/   \_/  

Specifications

Height7 rows
Baselinerow 6
Widest character20 columns
Average width7.2 columns per character
"Hello" renders at36 columns
Font fileKban.flf (6.7 KB)

Where it works

At 7 rows it has room for real letterforms, which is what makes a header look deliberate.

About 7.2 columns per character. A five-letter word lands near 36 columns, comfortable in a README.

About this font

Taken from the credits inside Kban.flf:

Kban by Randy Jae Weinstein

May 16, 1994 - Lehigh University

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