FIGlet font

Epic FIGlet Font

Epic is a 9-row FIGlet font by Claude Martins, 1994. It suits README headers and terminal splash screens.

Epic rendered in Epic

Open Epic in the generator

Samples

"Hello" in Epic
Letters and digits in Epic

Specifications

Height9 rows
Baselinerow 8
Widest character13 columns
Average width9 columns per character
"Hello" renders at45 columns
Font fileEpic.flf (9.6 KB)

Where it works

At 9 rows it has room for real letterforms, which is what makes a header look deliberate.

About 9 columns per character. A five-letter word lands near 45 columns, comfortable in a README.

About this font

Taken from the credits inside Epic.flf:

Epic by Claude Martins 12/94

Figlet release 2.1 -- 12 Aug 1994

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

modifier's name is placed on a comment line.

Explanation of first line:

flf2 - "magic number" for file identification

a - should always be `a', for now

$ - the "hardblank" -- prints as a blank, but can't be smushed

9 - height of a character

8 - height of a character, not including descenders

13 - max line length (excluding comment lines) + a fudge factor

16 - default smushmode for this font

16 - number of comment lines

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