FIGlet font

Marquee FIGlet Font

Marquee is a 8-row FIGlet font by Ron Fritz, 2007. It suits README headers and terminal splash screens.

Marquee rendered in Marquee

Open Marquee in the generator

Samples

"Hello" in Marquee
Letters and digits in Marquee

Specifications

Height8 rows
Baselinerow 7
Widest character20 columns
Average width7.8 columns per character
"Hello" renders at39 columns
Font fileMarquee.flf (9.1 KB)

Where it works

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

About 7.8 columns per character. A five-letter word lands near 39 columns, comfortable in a README.

About this font

Taken from the credits inside Marquee.flf:

MARQUEE by Ron Fritz 8/94

Figlet Release 2.0

Font modified June 17, 2007 by patorjk

This was to widen the space character.

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