FIGlet font

Univers FIGlet Font

Univers is a 11-row FIGlet font by Normand Veilleux, 1994. It suits full-width title cards on wide screens.

Univers rendered in Univers
88        88               88                                                  
88        88               ""                                                  
88        88                                                                   
88        88  8b,dPPYba,   88  8b       d8   ,adPPYba,  8b,dPPYba,  ,adPPYba,  
88        88  88P'   `"8a  88  `8b     d8'  a8P_____88  88P'   "Y8  I8[    ""  
88        88  88       88  88   `8b   d8'   8PP"""""""  88           `"Y8ba,   
Y8a.    .a8P  88       88  88    `8b,d8'    "8b,   ,aa  88          aa    ]8I  
 `"Y8888Y"'   88       88  88      "8"       `"Ybbd8"'  88          `"YbbdP"'  

Open Univers in the generator

Samples

"Hello" in Univers
88        88              88  88               
88        88              88  88               
88        88              88  88               
88aaaaaaaa88   ,adPPYba,  88  88   ,adPPYba,   
88""""""""88  a8P_____88  88  88  a8"     "8a  
88        88  8PP"""""""  88  88  8b       d8  
88        88  "8b,   ,aa  88  88  "8a,   ,a8"  
88        88   `"Ybbd8"'  88  88   `"YbbdP"'   
Letters and digits in Univers
       db         888888888888                                  ,a8888a,      ad88888ba   
      d88b                 ,88                                ,8P"'  `"Y8,   d8"     "88  
     d8'`8b              ,88"                                ,8P        Y8,  8P       88  
    d8'  `8b           ,88"        ,adPPYYba,  888888888     88          88  Y8,    ,d88  
   d8YaaaaY8b        ,88"          ""     `Y8       a8P"     88          88   "PPPPPP"88  
  d8""""""""8b     ,88"            ,adPPPPP88    ,d8P'       `8b        d8'           8P  
 d8'        `8b   88"              88,    ,88  ,d8"           `8ba,  ,ad8'   8b,    a8P   
d8'          `8b  888888888888     `"8bbdP"Y8  888888888        "Y8888P"     `"Y8888P'    

Specifications

Height11 rows
Baselinerow 9
Widest character40 columns
Average width9 columns per character
"Hello" renders at45 columns
Font fileUnivers.flf (15.1 KB)

Where it works

At 11 rows this is a display face; it needs the space and repays it.

About 9 columns per character. A five-letter word lands near 45 columns, comfortable in a README.

About this font

Taken from the credits inside Univers.flf:

Univers by Normand Veilleux

figletized by Glenn Chappell January 12, 1994

Date: 5 Mar 1994

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

11 - height of a character

9 - height of a character, not including descenders

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

32 - default smushmode for this font

14 - number of comment lines

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