Command-line tool

figlet

brew/figlet

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Banner-like program prints strings as ASCII art

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop install figlet

macOS

brew install figlet

Linux

brew install figlet

Generate by directly inputting text

figlet input_text

Use a custom [f]ont file

figlet -f path/to/font_file.flf input_text

Use a [f]ont from the default font directory (the extension can be omitted)

figlet -f font_filename input_text

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