FIGlet font Standard font
The default font of the figlet command. It is the most familiar ASCII banner style and fits anywhere from a README to a code comment.
_ _ _ _ | | | | ___| | | ___ | |_| |/ _ \ | |/ _ \ | _ | __/ | | (_) | |_| |_|\___|_|_|\___/
A–Z specimen
Uppercase
Lowercase
Digits
About the Standard font
Standard was refined in 1993 by Glenn Chappell and Ian Chai, the authors of FIGlet. Run figlet without choosing a font and this is what you get, which makes it the ASCII banner developers know best. Many fonts, including Slant, Big, and Small, were built on top of it.
Its strokes use only basic characters such as / \ | and _, so it keeps its shape in any monospaced font. At five lines tall with moderate letter widths, it suits project names and short words.
Works well for
The first line of a GitHub README, a comment at the top of a source file, or a terminal welcome screen: anywhere you want a clean, readable banner.
Font facts
- Height
- 5 lines
- “HELLO” width
- 30 columns
- Average letter width
- 6.2 columns
- Lowercase
- Yes
- Digits
- Yes
- Narrow screens
- Better on wide screens
- Made by
- Glenn Chappell, Ian Chai
- Year
- 1993
- Based on
- Frank Sheeran’s e-mail signature
- Terms of use
- Ships with the official FIGlet distribution under the BSD-3-Clause license.
Frequently asked questions
How tall is the Standard font?
Banners in Standard are 5 lines tall. “HELLO” comes out 30 columns wide, and each letter takes about 6.2 columns on average. For phone chats, compare it with narrow fonts such as Small or Mini.
Does Standard support Korean?
FIGlet fonts have no Korean letters, so Standard cannot draw Hangul. Use the Korean ASCII art tool for Korean text.
Where does a Standard banner stay aligned?
Anywhere that shows text in a monospaced font. On Discord and GitHub, wrap it in a ``` code block; in chat apps with proportional fonts, save a PNG and send the image.
Can I use Standard banners commercially?
Standard 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.
Compare other fonts
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 →