FIGlet font

Linux FIGlet Font

Linux is a 4-row FIGlet font by Larry Smith, 1993. It suits Discord banners, chat headers and terminal prompts.

Linux rendered in Linux
.-.   .-..-..-..-..-..-..-.
| |__ | || .` || || | >  < 
`----'`-'`-'`-'`----''-'`-`

Open Linux in the generator

Samples

"Hello" in Linux
.-. .-..---..-.   .-.   .----.
| |=| || |- | |__ | |__ | || |
`-' `-'`---'`----'`----'`----'
Letters and digits in Linux
.---..---, .---..---, .----..--.
| | | / /  | | | / /  | || |`/ /
`-^-'`---' `-^-'`---' `----'`-' 

Specifications

Height4 rows
Baselinerow 3
Widest character9 columns
Average width6 columns per character
"Hello" renders at30 columns
Font fileLinux.flf (3.1 KB)
Derived from.sig of Roberth Karman

Where it works

At 4 rows it reads as a banner without taking over the message it sits in.

About 6 columns per character. A five-letter word lands near 30 columns, comfortable in a README.

About this font

Taken from the credits inside Linux.flf:

linux by Larry Smith 5/12/95 - based on .sig of Roberth Karman.

Figlet release 2.0 -- August 5, 1993

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

4 - height of a character

3 - height of a character, not including descenders

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

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

13 - number of comment lines

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