FIGlet font

Lean FIGlet Font

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

Lean rendered in Lean

    _/                                     
   _/          _/_/      _/_/_/  _/_/_/    
  _/        _/_/_/_/  _/    _/  _/    _/   
 _/        _/        _/    _/  _/    _/    
_/_/_/_/    _/_/_/    _/_/_/  _/    _/

Open Lean in the generator

Samples

"Hello" in Lean

    _/    _/            _/  _/           
   _/    _/    _/_/    _/  _/    _/_/    
  _/_/_/_/  _/_/_/_/  _/  _/  _/    _/   
 _/    _/  _/        _/  _/  _/    _/    
_/    _/    _/_/_/  _/  _/    _/_/

Letters and digits in Lean

      _/_/    _/_/_/_/_/                                _/      _/_/    
   _/    _/        _/          _/_/_/  _/_/_/_/      _/  _/  _/    _/   
  _/_/_/_/      _/          _/    _/      _/        _/  _/    _/_/_/    
 _/    _/    _/            _/    _/    _/          _/  _/        _/     
_/    _/  _/_/_/_/_/        _/_/_/  _/_/_/_/        _/    _/_/_/

Specifications

Height	8 rows
Baseline	row 6
Widest character	27 columns
Average width	7.6 columns per character
"Hello" renders at	38 columns
Font file	Lean.flf (27.9 KB)

Where it works

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

About 7.6 columns per character. A five-letter word lands near 38 columns, comfortable in a README.

About this font

Taken from the credits inside Lean.flf:

Lean by Glenn Chappell 4/93 -- based on various .sig's
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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