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pyfiglet

PYFIGLET(1)							   User Commands						       PYFIGLET(1)

NAME

       pyfiglet - display text in large ASCII art fonts.

SYNOPSIS

       pyfiglet.py [options] text...

DESCRIPTION

       pyFIGlet  is a program that creates large characters out of ordinary screen characters.	It takes ASCII text (text) and renders it in ASCII
       art fonts.

       This version of pyfiglet supports FIGlet fonts .flf and the FIGlet-compatible toilet-fonts .tlf.

OPTIONS

       --version
	      show program's version number and exit

       -h, --help
	      show this help message and exit

       -f FONT, --font=FONT
	      font to render with (default: future)

       -D DIRECTION, --direction=DIRECTION
	      set direction text will be formatted in (default: auto)

       -j SIDE, --justify=SIDE
	      set justification, defaults to print direction

       -w COLS, --width=COLS
	      set terminal width for wrapping/justification (default: 80)

       -r, --reverse
	      shows mirror image of output text

       -F, --flip
	      flips rendered output text over

SEE ALSO

       toilet(1), figlet(1)

pyfiglet 0.6							     June 2011							       PYFIGLET(1)

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