FIGlet fonts ASCII banner fonts: 12 styles
Every font has its own height, width, and mood. Open a font to see its full specimen, who made it, and where it fits.
How to use it
- Open the font you like from the cards.
- Type in the box and the banner updates in that font. The A–Z specimen shows every letter.
- Copy it or save a TXT or PNG. To compare all 12 at once, use the text banner on the home page.
Where FIGlet fonts come from
FIGlet is a program written in 1991 by Glenn Chappell and Ian Chai. Its name stands for “Frank, Ian and Glenn’s letters,” after Frank Sheeran’s e-mail signature that spelled names in large letters. A font file (.flf) stores a small multi-line drawing for every character, and the program places those drawings side by side, overlapping touching strokes to save width.
People have shared hundreds of fonts since then. lab.ascii offers 12 with distinct moods. Some, like Standard, Slant, and Big, were made in 1993 and ship with FIGlet itself; others, like ANSI Shadow and Calvin S, were converted from fonts of TheDraw, a DOS-era ANSI art editor.
Frequently asked questions
Which font is the most popular?
Standard, the default of the figlet command, is the most familiar. The bold block style of ANSI Shadow shows up in many modern CLI tool logos. For phones and chats, narrow fonts such as Small and Mini work best.
Will you add more fonts?
There are hundreds of FIGlet fonts. We plan to add more gradually, starting with fonts whose terms of use can be confirmed. You can suggest one through the contact page.
Is there a FIGlet font for Korean?
FIGlet fonts contain no Korean letters. The Korean ASCII art tool draws Hangul as an image first and then turns it into characters.
Related guides
Adding a banner to a README
Put it in a Markdown code block and keep it under 80 columns.Read →Choosing a FIGlet font
Check the width you have first, then decide between ASCII-only and block-character fonts.Read →A banner for your terminal
Use a quoted heredoc or a file so backslashes survive, and print only in interactive shells so scp keeps working.Read →
Try another tool
Text banner
Turn English text into large banners in 12 FIGlet fonts and compare them at a glance.Open →Korean ASCII art
Draw Korean (Hangul) names and phrases with █ ░ # @ characters. Most generators cannot handle Korean.Open →Image to ASCII
Upload a photo and tune width, brightness, contrast, and the character set. Save it as a colored PNG.Open →Text art
Copy cats, hearts, birthday cakes, and kaomoji with one click, or save them as PNG images.Open →Fancy text
Turn English text into 24 Unicode styles such as script, bold, and Fraktur, and wrap any text in symbols.Open →