FIGlet is a small command-line tool. Using this you can generate ASCII text banners and large letters from the terminal text. TOIlet is also a command-line tool and using this you can generate colorful large characters from your terminal text. In this article you will see how to install and use FIGlet and TOIlet on Ubuntu.
Install FIGlet and TOIlet on Ubuntu
You can install FIGlet and TOIlet via the terminal application. Open the terminal (ctrl+alt+t) and run below commands to install FIGlet and TOIlet on your Ubuntu system.
sudo apt update
sudo apt install figlet toilet
FIGlet Usage:
In terminal run
figlet CONNECTwww
You can align output center,left and right by -c,-l,-r flags
figlet -c CONNECTwww
figlet -l CONNECTwww
figlet -r CONNECTwww
You can control the text width -w and -t flag
figlet -w 110 CONNECTwww.com
figlet -t CONNECTwww.com
You can also change the fonts using -f flag.
figlet -f pagga CONNECTwww
You can check the available fonts via below command
ls /usr/share/figlet/
For the complete man pages
man figlet
TOIlet Usage:
In terminal app run
toilet CONNECTwww
Filter the text
toilet --filter metal CONNECTwww
If you want to change fonts
toilet -f smscript CONNECTwww
For the complete usage details.
man toilet
That’s all.
