UNIX / Linux: Display Large Colourful Text Banner On Screen
Monday, 23. February 2009, 12:13:11
You can use following two programs to create colourful text banner:
a] figlet - Display large characters made up of ordinary screen characters.
b] toilet - Prints text using large characters made of smaller characters. It is similar in many ways to FIGlet with additional features such as Unicode handling, colour fonts, filters and various export formats.
Install figlet and toilet
Use yum or apt-get to install the tools:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install toilet figlet
Sample output:
_ ____ __ _
_ __ (_)_ __/ ___|_ __ __ _ / _| |_
| '_ \| \ \/ / | | '__/ _` | |_| __|
| | | | |> <| |___| | | (_| | _| |_
|_| |_|_/_/\_\\____|_| \__,_|_| \__|
see 4 more here - http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/create-large-colorful-text-banner-on-screen/
a] figlet - Display large characters made up of ordinary screen characters.
b] toilet - Prints text using large characters made of smaller characters. It is similar in many ways to FIGlet with additional features such as Unicode handling, colour fonts, filters and various export formats.
Install figlet and toilet
Use yum or apt-get to install the tools:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install toilet figlet
Sample output:
_ ____ __ _
_ __ (_)_ __/ ___|_ __ __ _ / _| |_
| '_ \| \ \/ / | | '__/ _` | |_| __|
| | | | |> <| |___| | | (_| | _| |_
|_| |_|_/_/\_\\____|_| \__,_|_| \__|
see 4 more here - http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/create-large-colorful-text-banner-on-screen/
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