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Subject: Question: What are Figlet fonts?
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Danni Bauer (bauer@gtetel.com) wrote:

: Eric Thomas Meddaugh (meddaugh@oswego.Oswego.EDU) wrote:

: > All these figlet fonts.  Where can I get more of them?  (I have 2) and how

what's  a figlet font..is it a specific font, like Arial and Times New Roman,
or is it a type/family of fonts, like TrueType and ATM?

what are the endearing qualities to such fonts that you want them
so bad?  can you roughly describe their appearance?