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 ___  ____/___(_)_______ ____  /_____ __  /_
 __  /_    __  / __  __ `/__  / _  _ \_  __/
 _  __/    _  /  _  /_/ / _  /  /  __// /_  
 /_/       /_/   _\__, /  /_/   \___/ \__/  
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 ______  /______ ____   ________ _
 ___ _  / _  __ `/__ | / /_  __ `/
 / /_/ /  / /_/ / __ |/ / / /_/ / 
 \____/   \__,_/  _____/  \__,_/

Figlet Java

A Java powered speedy gateway to Figlet
(Benoît Rigaut, Juillet 1996)
Figlet is the well-known program which allows anyone to write banners or .signature files very easily. More than 100 fonts are currently available. You can have a look to a sample of most of them.

Originally Figlet is a C program running on several plateforms, you can have a look to the Figlet Home Page for a complete description of the project (source, fonts, history, etc.).

On the Web some sites are already providing a gateway to Figlet. But each time a client gives a new text to the gateway, on the server side a process has to build the output and send it back to the client.

Using Java makes the client smarter, and results in a low bandwith use and a quicker response. Now when you choose a font, the complete font is loaded on your computer. After that you can convert any text using this font without using any bandwith.

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Double click on the font name to download it.
Many functionnalities of the original Figlet are missing (no smush mode ! please no flame ;). I've made this gateway really in a hurry, so don't be surprised if something goes wrong.

If this service has some success I may add all the Figlet power to the gateway, and I may change the graphical display to something less clumsy...

New! I'm releasing the source code of this clumsy applet with the GPL on the 13th of November 2000 - my birthday!
%^) - Dernière modification: 13 novembre 2001
"La Suisse n'existe pas" Ben