Bundled Font Catalog

clj-figlet ships with 16 FIGfont files in resources/fonts/. Any of them can be used by name with render:

(fig/render "doom" "Hello")

Or loaded once with load-font for repeated rendering:

(def font (fig/load-font "fonts/doom.flf"))
(fig/render font "Hello")

All bundled fonts are from the FIGlet distribution and are redistributed under the New BSD License. See resources/fonts/NOTICE for the full license text. Each font file also carries its own attribution in its header comments.

Standard Family

The core fonts by Glenn Chappell and Ian Chai from the original FIGlet distribution. These are the workhorses.

standard

The classic FIGlet default. Glenn Chappell & Ian Chai, 1993.

 _   _      _ _
| | | | ___| | | ___
| |_| |/ _ \ | |/ _ \
|  _  |  __/ | | (_) |
|_| |_|\___|_|_|\___/

small

Compact version of standard. Same aesthetic, less vertical space.

 _  _     _ _
| || |___| | |___
| __ / -_) | / _ \
|_||_\___|_|_\___/

big

Tall, bold letters. Glenn Chappell, 1993.

 _    _      _ _
| |  | |    | | |
| |__| | ___| | | ___
|  __  |/ _ \ | |/ _ \
| |  | |  __/ | | (_) |
|_|  |_|\___|_|_|\___/

doom

Clean, modern variant of big. One of the most popular FIGlet fonts on the internet. Frans P. de Vries, 1996.

 _   _      _ _
| | | |    | | |
| |_| | ___| | | ___
|  _  |/ _ \ | |/ _ \
| | | |  __/ | | (_) |
\_| |_/\___|_|_|\___/

Slanted Family

Italic-style fonts with a rightward lean.

slant

Glenn Chappell, 1993.

    __  __     ____
   / / / /__  / / /___
  / /_/ / _ \/ / / __ \
 / __  /  __/ / / /_/ /
/_/ /_/\___/_/_/\____/

smslant

Compact version of slant.

   __ __    ____
  / // /__ / / /__
 / _  / -_) / / _ \
/_//_/\__/_/_/\___/

Shadow Family

Letters with a drop shadow effect.

shadow

Glenn Chappell, 1993.

 |   |      | |
 |   |  _ \ | |  _ \
 ___ |  __/ | | (   |
_|  _|\___|_|_|\___/

smshadow

Compact version of shadow.

 |  |      | |
 __ |  -_) | |  _ \
_| _|\___|_|_|\___/

Script Family

Cursive / handwriting style — a completely different aesthetic from the standard family.

script

Glenn Chappell, 1993.

 ,          _   _
/|   |     | | | |
 |___|  _  | | | |  __
 |   |\|/  |/  |/  /  \_
 |   |/|__/|__/|__/\__/

smscript

Compact version of script.

 ,
/|  |  _ |\ |\  _
 |--| |/ |/ |/ / \_
 |  |)|_/|_/|_/\_/

Display Fonts

Larger or more decorative fonts for headings, banners, and splash screens.

banner

Large block letters made of #. Ryan Youck, 1994.

#     #
#     # ###### #      #       ####
#     # #      #      #      #    #
####### #####  #      #      #    #
#     # #      #      #      #    #
#     # #      #      #      #    #
#     # ###### ###### ######  ####

block

Heavy block style using underscores. Glenn Chappell, 1993.

_|    _|            _|  _|
_|    _|    _|_|    _|  _|    _|_|
_|_|_|_|  _|_|_|_|  _|  _|  _|    _|
_|    _|  _|        _|  _|  _|    _|
_|    _|    _|_|_|  _|  _|    _|_|

lean

Thin slanted style using underscores and slashes. Glenn Chappell, 1993.

    _/    _/            _/  _/
   _/    _/    _/_/    _/  _/    _/_/
  _/_/_/_/  _/_/_/_/  _/  _/  _/    _/
 _/    _/  _/        _/  _/  _/    _/
_/    _/    _/_/_/  _/  _/    _/_/

graffiti

Urban graffiti lettering. Leigh Purdie, 1994.

  ___ ___         .__  .__
 /   |   \   ____ |  | |  |   ____
/    ~    \_/ __ \|  | |  |  /  _ \
\    Y    /\  ___/|  |_|  |_(  <_> )
 \___|_  /  \___  >____/____/\____/
       \/       \/

starwars

Inspired by the Star Wars title crawl. Ryan Youck, 1994.

 __    __   _______  __       __        ______
|  |  |  | |   ____||  |     |  |      /  __  \
|  |__|  | |  |__   |  |     |  |     |  |  |  |
|   __   | |   __|  |  |     |  |     |  |  |  |
|  |  |  | |  |____ |  `----.|  `----.|  `--'  |
|__|  |__| |_______||_______||_______| \______/

Compact

mini

The smallest font — just 3 lines tall. Glenn Chappell, 1993.

|_| _ || _
| |(/_||(_)

Quick Reference

Font	Height	Style	Author
standard	6	Classic default	Glenn Chappell & Ian Chai
small	5	Compact standard	Glenn Chappell
big	8	Tall, bold	Glenn Chappell
doom	8	Clean, modern	Frans P. de Vries
slant	6	Italic	Glenn Chappell
smslant	5	Compact italic	Glenn Chappell
shadow	5	Drop shadow	Glenn Chappell
smshadow	4	Compact shadow	Glenn Chappell
script	7	Cursive	Glenn Chappell
smscript	5	Compact cursive	Glenn Chappell
banner	8	Block # letters	Ryan Youck
block	8	Heavy underscores	Glenn Chappell
lean	8	Thin slashes	Glenn Chappell
graffiti	7	Urban lettering	Leigh Purdie
starwars	7	Title crawl	Ryan Youck
mini	4	Smallest	Glenn Chappell