FIGlet font

Univers FIGlet Font

Univers is a 11-row FIGlet font by Normand Veilleux, 1994. It suits full-width title cards on wide screens.

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Samples

"Hello" in Univers
Letters and digits in Univers

Specifications

Height11 rows
Baselinerow 9
Widest character40 columns
Average width9 columns per character
"Hello" renders at45 columns
Font fileUnivers.flf (15.1 KB)

Where it works

At 11 rows this is a display face; it needs the space and repays it.

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 Univers.flf:

Univers by Normand Veilleux

figletized by Glenn Chappell January 12, 1994

Date: 5 Mar 1994

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

11 - height of a character

9 - height of a character, not including descenders

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

32 - default smushmode for this font

14 - number of comment lines

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Poison

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