toilet

Display colorful ASCII art text banners

TLDR

Generate ASCII art for text

$ toilet [input_text]

Use custom font

$ toilet [input_text] -f [font_filename]

Apply filter

$ toilet [input_text] -F [filter_name]

List available filters

$ toilet -F list

toilet (The Other Implementation's letters) displays ASCII-art text banners using various fonts and filters. It is similar to FIGlet but with additional features like color filters and Unicode support.The program reads text from command-line arguments or standard input and renders it using the specified font. Various filters can apply effects like color gradients, borders, and transformations.

PARAMETERS

-f, --font NAME

Use specified font file

-F, --filter NAME

Apply filter to output

-w, --width N

Set output width

-t, --term

Use terminal width

-d, --directory DIR

Specify font directory

INSTALL

sudo apt install toilet

sudo dnf install toilet

sudo pacman -S toilet

sudo zypper install toilet

brew install toilet

nix profile install nixpkgs#toilet

CAVEATS

Font availability depends on installation. Some filters require terminal color support. Wide output may wrap incorrectly on narrow terminals. Unicode fonts require UTF-8 terminal support.

HISTORY

toilet was created by Sam Hocevar as part of the libcaca project, providing an alternative to FIGlet with additional features like color support and more rendering options.