figlet

SysV banner-like program prints strings in large fancy ASCII art

Figlet is a program that creates large ASCII art characters out of ordinary screen characters _ _ _ _ _ _ | (_) | _____ | |_| |__ (_)___ | | | |/ / _ \ | __| '_ \| / __| | | | < __/ | |_| | | | \__ \_ |_|_|_|\_\___| \__|_| |_|_|___(_) Figlet can print in a variety of fonts, both left-to-right and right-to-left. Figlet comes with several fonts. Also, many other fonts are avaiable, including Hebrew, Cyrillic (Russian), and Greek. There is also a "Figlet Home Page" on the Worldwide Web. http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/