Check out the pyfiglet fonts directory on GitHub. Run pyfiglet -list_fonts in your terminal to list the fonts, or look inside the fonts directory of the pyfiglet module.
# pip install pyfigletĪscii_banner = pyfiglet.figlet_format("Hello!!") Here is the basic usage for converting text to ASCII art fonts. Pyfiglet "Hello world!" # Generate text Use pyfiglet in Python code You can use the command-line tool to generate text or to list the available fonts. Below we will explain using it in our own Python code. Pyfiglet comes with a command-line tool you can use if you don't need to use the Python library. pip install pyfiglet Use pyfiglet command-line tool Pyfiglet is the module that will convert regular strings in to ASCII art fonts. Cowsay is not covered here, but it deserves a mentio if you are adding ASCII art to something.
By default it is a cow with a quote bubble but there are many other characters like Tux the penguin that can be used. It is used to create quote bubbles with a person saying something.
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But, if you want to generate your own dynamic text or embed it in your own Python application, you can use the pyfiglet module! Keep reading to learn how to use it.Īnother fun old tool that is used to generate ASCII art text is cowsay. You can find a tool online that will convert your text in to a FIGlet font here: You can use this if you just want to quickly convert and copy/paste the result. In this example we are specifically talking about ASCII art fonts that can be used to make banner text for command-line applications, network services, documentation, web pages, etc.įIGlet was born in the 90s and is a library for converting regular text in to different forms of ASCII art fonts. If you check out any Phrack article and there is almost guaranteed to be some form of ASCII art in there.
ASCII art has a long history in the hacker culture.
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