FIGlet font Lean font
A five-row font built from slanted _/ pieces. It leans to the right with a 3D feel, and it is the widest of the 12.
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Copies the text as is. In Notepad, choose a monospaced font such as Consolas and turn off word wrap.
A–Z specimen
Uppercase
Lowercase
Digits
About the Lean font
Glenn Chappell made Lean in 1993, drawing on several text signatures used in email at the time. Its strokes are stacked from slanted _/ pieces, so the letters look like solid shapes leaning to the right. Block is the upright version of this font.
It is only five rows tall, but “HELLO” takes 51 columns, the widest of the 12. It suits titles on wide screens and announcements read on a computer; for phones, send it as an image.
Works well for
Poster-style titles, announcements for computer screens, and blog headers.
Font facts
- Height
- 5 lines
- “HELLO” width
- 51 columns
- Average letter width
- 10.8 columns
- Lowercase
- Yes
- Digits
- Yes
- Narrow screens
- Better on wide screens
- Made by
- Glenn Chappell
- Year
- 1993
- Based on
- Various email signature art
- Terms of use
- Ships with the official FIGlet distribution under the BSD-3-Clause license.
Frequently asked questions
How tall is the Lean font?
Banners in Lean are 5 lines tall. “HELLO” comes out 51 columns wide, and each letter takes about 10.8 columns on average. For phone chats, compare it with narrow fonts such as Small or Mini.
Does Lean support Korean?
FIGlet fonts have no Korean letters, so Lean cannot draw Hangul. Use the Korean ASCII art tool for Korean text.
Where does a Lean banner stay aligned?
Anywhere that shows text in a monospaced font. On Discord, Telegram, and GitHub, wrap it in a ``` code block (choose “Discord · Telegram” under “Paste into” to copy it that way); in chat apps with proportional fonts, choose “Image” to send a picture.
Can I use Lean banners commercially?
Lean ships with the official FIGlet distribution under the BSD-3-Clause license. Rights to the words in your banner, such as company names or trademarks, still need to be checked separately.
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