bsd man page for banner

BANNER(6)							   Games Manual 							 BANNER(6)

NAME
       banner - print large banner on printer

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/games/banner [ -wn ] message ...

DESCRIPTION
       Banner  prints  a  large,  high quality banner on the standard output.  If the message is omitted, it prompts for and reads one line of its
       standard input.	If -w is given, the output is scrunched down from a width of 132 to n , suitable for a narrow terminal.  If n is  omitted,
       it defaults to 80.

       The  output  should  be printed on a hard-copy device, up to 132 columns wide, with no breaks between the pages. The volume is great enough
       that you may want a printer or a fast hardcopy terminal, but if you are patient, a decwriter or other 300 baud terminal will do.

BUGS
       Several ASCII characters are not defined, notably <, >, [, ], , ^, _, {, }, |, and ~.  Also, the characters ", ', and & are funny  looking
       (but in a useful way.)

       The  -w	option is implemented by skipping some rows and columns.  The smaller it gets, the grainier the output.  Sometimes it runs letters
       together.

AUTHOR
       Mark Horton

3rd Berkeley Distribution					    May 6, 1986 							 BANNER(6)