FIGlet font

Big FIGlet Font

Big is a 8-row FIGlet font by Glenn Chappell, 1996. It suits README headers and terminal splash screens.

Big rendered in Big

Open Big in the generator

Samples

"Hello" in Big
Letters and digits in Big

Specifications

Height8 rows
Baselinerow 6
Widest character59 columns
Average width4.8 columns per character
"Hello" renders at24 columns
Font fileBig.flf (27.9 KB)
Derived fromStandard

Where it works

At 8 rows it has room for real letterforms, which is what makes a header look deliberate.

About 4.8 columns per character, so a short word still fits a phone screen.

About this font

Taken from the credits inside Big.flf:

Big by Glenn Chappell 4/93 -- based on Standard

Includes ISO Latin-1

Greek characters by Bruce Jakeway

figlet release 2.2 -- November 1996

Permission is hereby given to modify this font, as long as the

modifier's name is placed on a comment line.

Modified by Paul Burton 12/96 to include new parameter

supported by FIGlet and FIGWin. May also be slightly modified for better use

of new full-width/kern/smush alternatives, but default output is NOT changed.

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