FIGlet font

Swan FIGlet Font

Swan is a 9-row FIGlet font by CeeJay, 2005. It suits README headers and terminal splash screens.

Swan rendered in Swan
 .-.                    
(   )                   
 `-..  .    ._.-.  .--. 
(   )\  \  / (   ) |  | 
 `-'  `' `'   `-'`-'  `-

Open Swan in the generator

Samples

"Hello" in Swan
.   .     . .     
|   |     | |     
|---| .-. | | .-. 
|   |(.-' | |(   )
'   ' `--'`-`-`-' 
Letters and digits in Swan
    .    .---.               .-.  .-. 
   / \      /               :   :(   )
  /___\    /     .-.  ---.  |   | `-/ 
 /     \  /     (   )  .'   :   ;  /  
'       `'---'   `-'`-'---   `-'  '   

Specifications

Height9 rows
Baselinerow 7
Widest character15 columns
Average width3.6 columns per character
"Hello" renders at18 columns
Font fileSwan.flf (8.4 KB)

Where it works

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

About 3.6 columns per character, so a short word still fits a phone screen.

About this font

Taken from the credits inside Swan.flf:

Author : Christian 'CeeJay' Jensen

Date : 2005/6/19

Version: 0.90 beta

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.---.`-. / . . \ .-. .--.

( ` )( : )( ) | |

`------' `-' `-' `-'`-' `-

"Swan" - A figfont by CeeJay

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