showfigfonts (6)
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showfigfonts by Glenn Chappell <ggc@uiuc.edu> figlet release 2.1.1 -- 25 Aug 1994 Based on showfigfonts by Greg Galperin <grg@ai.mit.edu>, Nov 1993. Prints a list of available figlet fonts, along with a sample of each font. If directory is given, lists fonts in that directory; otherwise uses the default font directory. If word is given, prints that word in each font; otherwise prints the font name. Usage: showfigfonts [ -d directory ] [ word ] Manual page by Jonathon Abbott, for the Debi...
NAME
showfigfonts - prints a list of available figlet fontsSYNOPSIS
showfigfonts [ -d directory ] [ word ]DESCRIPTION
Prints a list of available figlet fonts, along with a sample of each font. If directory is given, lists fonts in that directory; otherwise uses the default font directory. If word is given, prints that word in each font; otherwise prints the font name.EXAMPLES
To use showfigfonts with its default settings, simply type-
example% showfigfonts
To print all the fonts in /usr/share/fonts/figlet
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example% showfigfonts -d /usr/share/fonts/figlet
To print the word foo using all available fonts
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example% showfigfonts foo
AUTHORS
showfigfonts was written by Glenn Chappell <ggc@uiuc.edu>This manual page was written by Jonathon Abbott for the Debian Project.