X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,414ff783376b0698,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: 110f55,414ff783376b0698,start X-Google-Attributes: gid110f55,public X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,414ff783376b0698,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-09-02 05:04:01 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!spool.mu.edu!agate!hilbert.dnai.com!redstone.interpath.net!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!gagme.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: boba@wwa.com (Bob Allison) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii Subject: Announce: New Figlet Server Date: 1 Sep 1994 09:47:35 -0500 Organization: WorldWide Access - Chicago Area Internet Services 312-282-8605 Lines: 185 Sender: boba@gagme.wwa.com Approved: boba@wwa.com Message-ID: <344pi7$d9q@gagme.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gagme.wwa.com Xref: nntp.gmd.de rec.arts.ascii:1592 alt.ascii-art:13929 I received the following in the mail today. Check it out and tell me how it goes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I was messing with the WWW figlet server and wrote my own figlet server for my amiga. Below is the helpfile from the server and a fontlist. Try it out and tell me what you think. Just send email to figlet@ottime.chi.il.us , more figlet font sources greatly appreciated ------------------------important stuff starts here---------------------------- Command: HELP Result : Including Helpfile Below Welcome to the helpfile for the Figlet server figlet at ottime.chi.il.us, e.g. figlet@ottime.chi.il.us This server accepts commands much like a listserv does, and produces the result the server user desires. Avaialable commands: FONTLIST - returns a complete listing of fonts available to the server SETFONT fontname - Makes the named font the current Font if it exists PARA_MODE {ON/OFF} - Turns on an off paragraph Mode COLUMNS value - set the coloumn width to value, bad values result in 80 columns SMUSH value - set the smushmode value CENTER {ON/OFF} - Turns on and off Centering HELP - returns this file GETFONT fontname - this will send you the figlet font file back via email so you can add it to your figlet fonts. %%TEXTSTART%% -Used to signify beginning of text to be figletized %%TEXTEND%% -Used to signify end of text to be figlitized Here's a little general and maybe better description of figlet About figlet (Frank, Ian & Glenn's Letters) release 2.0, August 9, 1993 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- figlet is a program that creates large characters out of ordinary screen characters. figlet can create characters in many different styles and can "smush" these characters together in various ways. figlet output is generally reminiscent of the sort of "signatures" many people like to put at the end of e-mail and UseNet messages. Some example figlet output is given below. If you like figlet (hey, even if you _hate_ figlet), please send an e-mail message to spectre@uiuc.edu or figlet@uiuc.edu. center -- centers the output of figlet. terminal -- figlet asks your terminal how wide it is, and uses this to determine when to break lines. Normally, figlet assumes 80 columns so that people with wide terminals won't annoy the people they e-mail figlet output to. paragraph mode -- eliminates some spurious line breaks when piping a multi-line file through figlet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please Excuse the bad documentation as this is still a program under construction. Planned features include adding of figlet fonts by remote users(may or may not be passworded), and a very doubtfull return of full example character sets. Any more info desired about fonts can be added if you would like, such as height without descenders, hardblank value, max line length, default smushmode, number of comment lines, and rtol Just Email me the author, root@ottime.chi.il.us for these changes oh btw I'm currently using amiga figlet2.0p0 for this server. End of HELP file Command: FONTLIST Result : Font listing is below Fontname: 3x5 Height: 6 Fontname: acrobatic Height: 12 Fontname: alligator Height: 7 Fontname: alligator2 Height: 7 Fontname: alphabet Height: 7 Fontname: banner Height: 8 Fontname: banner3-D Height: 8 Fontname: basic Height: 8 Fontname: big Height: 8 Fontname: block Height: 7 Fontname: bubble Height: 4 Fontname: bulbhead Height: 4 Fontname: chunky Height: 5 Fontname: colossal Height: 11 Fontname: contessa Height: 4 Fontname: contrast Height: 6 Fontname: digital Height: 3 Fontname: fourtops Height: 4 Fontname: fuzzy Height: 7 Fontname: gothic Height: 9 Fontname: graffiti Height: 6 Fontname: hollywood Height: 10 Fontname: invita Height: 6 Fontname: italic Height: 4 Fontname: jerusalem Height: 7 Fontname: katakana Height: 8 Fontname: larry3d Height: 9 Fontname: lcd Height: 6 Fontname: lean Height: 7 Fontname: madrid Height: 4 Fontname: maxfour Height: 4 Fontname: mini Height: 4 Fontname: mirror Height: 6 Fontname: moscow Height: 6 Fontname: nancyj Height: 8 Fontname: nancyj-fancy Height: 8 Fontname: nancyj-underlined Height: 8 Fontname: ntgreek Height: 9 Fontname: pebbles Height: 10 Fontname: pepper Height: 4 Fontname: puffy Height: 8 Fontname: relief Height: 7 Fontname: relief2 Height: 7 Fontname: reverse Height: 11 Fontname: roman Height: 10 Fontname: rounded Height: 7 Fontname: script Height: 7 Fontname: serifcap Height: 4 Fontname: shadow Height: 5 Fontname: short Height: 3 Fontname: slant Height: 6 Fontname: slide Height: 6 Fontname: slscript Height: 6 Fontname: small Height: 5 Fontname: smscript Height: 5 Fontname: smshadow Height: 4 Fontname: smslant Height: 5 Fontname: standard Height: 6 Fontname: stop Height: 7 Fontname: straight Height: 4 Fontname: term Height: 1 Fontname: thick Height: 5 Fontname: thin Height: 6 Fontname: threepoint Height: 3 Fontname: tinker-toy Height: 7 Fontname: twopoint Height: 2 Fontname: univers Height: 11 Fontname: weird Height: 6 67 Fonts listed -- The ottime.chi.il.us Figletizing server ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ::::::::::::::::::::db ::::dOOOOb ::::::OO ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::*Ob O OP dOOOOOOOb :::::OP.::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::OO OOO ::*OOOOOOP.:::::::::::::::::::dOOOb :::O O ::::::::::: :::::::::::::::dOOO ::OO ::*OOOOO ::::::::::::::O :dOOOOOOOOOb :O :::::::::::: :::::::::dOOOOOOO O OOOOOO :OOOO :::::::::dOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOb ::::::: ::::::::dOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OO ::OP.:O :::::dOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP.::::::: ::::::::'V'"*OOOOOOP.:::OO :::::::::::::O OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP"OP.::::::::: ::::::::::::::7OOOOOO dOOOb :::::::::::OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP.:O :::::::::: :::::::##### ::#### OO#### ::##### ::##### O#### O##### OOO#### ::## :## :## : :::::## :::::## OOOO## P## :## :## :## ::d## OOOO## O## O## P## :## :## :## :: :::::#### ::## O:*O###### :##### ::#### O## OOOO##### OO## P## :## :## :## ::: :::::::## :## ::::## O## :## ## ::## OOO## OOOO## ## :O## :## :## :## :## :::: ::##### :::#### :## :## O## :## :##### O#### P## :## ::#### :::######## :::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::OOOOOOOb ::::::"*OOOOO ::::::::::O O :::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::OOOOOOO ::::::::OOOOO O ::::::::::::::O :::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::XOOOOP.:::::::::OOOOO O :::::::::::dOOOOb :::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::OOOP.::::::::::::OOP.:::::::::::::OOOOOOOO ::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::OP.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::".:::::*.::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::P.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::