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showfigfonts(6)

showfigfonts6

Prints a list of available figlet fonts

Usage

showfigfonts [-d directory] [word]

Overview

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

example% showfigfonts -d /usr/share/fonts/figlet

To print the word foo using all available fonts

example% showfigfonts foo

History

  • Arch Linux 2026-11-01 to Debian 7 (Wheezy): the text shown here
  • Debian 3.0 (Woody)
  • Debian 2.2 (Potato)

Authors

showfigfonts was written by Glenn Chappell <[email protected]>

This manual page was written by Jonathon Abbott for the Debian Project.

From figlet 2.2.5-6 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.