C++ usage

This library implement a subset of Figlet capability, i.e. print large letters out of ordinary text

 _ _ _          _   _     _
| (_) | _____  | |_| |__ (_)___
| | | |/ / _ \ | __| '_ \| / __|
| | |   <  __/ | |_| | | | \__ \_
|_|_|_|\_\___|  \__|_| |_|_|___(_)

Differently of standard FIGlet command (http://www.figlet.org/) this print can be done inside a user program using run time generated string as follows

#include "Figlet.hh"
#include <sstream>
using namespace std;
 
int
main() {
  Figlet::standard.print("Fractions");
  for ( int i = 2; i <= 4; ++i ) {
    ostringstream ss;
    ss << "5/" << i << " = " << 5.0/i;
    Figlet::small.print(ss.str().c_str());
  }
  cout << "ALL DONE!\n";
  return 0;
}

which output is the following

 _____               _   _
|  ___| __ __ _  ___| |_(_) ___  _ __  ___
| |_ | '__/ _` |/ __| __| |/ _ \| '_ \/ __|
|  _|| | | (_| | (__| |_| | (_) | | | \__ \
|_|  |_|  \__,_|\___|\__|_|\___/|_| |_|___/
 
 ___   _____         ___   ___
| __| / /_  )  ___  |_  ) | __|
|__ \/ / / /  |___|  / / _|__ \
|___/_/ /___| |___| /___(_)___/
 
 ___   ______        _    __  __  __  ______
| __| / /__ /  ___  / |  / / / / / / / /__  |
|__ \/ / |_ \ |___| | |_/ _ Y _ Y _ Y _ \/ /
|___/_/ |___/ |___| |_(_)___|___|___|___/_/
 
 ___   ___ _          _   ___ ___
| __| / / | |   ___  / | |_  ) __|
|__ \/ /|_  _| |___| | |_ / /|__ \
|___/_/   |_|  |___| |_(_)___|___/

No initialization files are necessary. The fonts are hardware embedded in the library.

• banner
• big
• doom
• larry3d
• mini
• script
• small
• standard
• straight

A simple ruby script permits to convert figlet .flf files to structures which can be embedded in the library.

Available printing mode

Only four mode of print the same string:

Printing mode

• FIGLET_SMUSHED
• standard way of figlet print
• FIGLET_PACKED
• letters are moved left but no overlappingare permitted
• FIGLET_FULLWIDTH
• letters are printed at width defined in thefont
• FIGLET_MONOSPACED
• letters are printed with equal width

The effect are the following

 ____                      _              _
/ ___| _ __ ___  _   _ ___| |__   ___  __| |
\___ \| '_ ` _ \| | | / __| '_ \ / _ \/ _` |
 ___) | | | | | | |_| \__ \ | | |  __/ (_| |
|____/|_| |_| |_|\__,_|___/_| |_|\___|\__,_|
 ____               _              _
|  _ \  __ _   ___ | | __ ___   __| |
| |_) |/ _` | / __|| |/ // _ \ / _` |
|  __/| (_| || (__ |   <|  __/| (_| |
|_|    \__,_| \___||_|\_\\___| \__,_|
 _____           _   _  __        __  _       _   _     _
|  ___|  _   _  | | | | \ \      / / (_)   __| | | |_  | |__
| |_    | | | | | | | |  \ \ /\ / /  | |  / _` | | __| | '_ \
|  _|   | |_| | | | | |   \ V  V /   | | | (_| | | |_  | | | |
|_|      \__,_| |_| |_|    \_/\_/    |_|  \__,_|  \__| |_| |_|
 __  __                                                                       _
|  \/  |   ___    _ __     ___     ___    _ __     __ _     ___     ___    __| |
| |\/| |  / _ \  | '_ \   / _ \   / __|  | '_ \   / _` |   / __|   / _ \  / _` |
| |  | | | (_) | | | | | | (_) |  \__ \  | |_) | | (_| |  | (__   |  __/ | (_| |
|_|  |_|  \___/  |_| |_|  \___/   |___/  | .__/   \__,_|   \___|   \___|  \__,_|
                                         |_|

Available framing mode

Only two framing are available:

Framing mode

• FIGLET_SINGLE
• single frame around a string
• FIGLET_DOUBLE
• double frame around a string

The effect are the following

Figlet::small.printFramed("SINGLE",cout,Figlet::FIGLET_SINGLE);
+------------------------------+
|  ___ ___ _  _  ___ _    ___  |
| / __|_ _| \| |/ __| |  | __| |
| \__ \| || .` | (_ | |__| _|  |
| |___/___|_|\_|\___|____|___| |
|                              |
+------------------------------+

and

Figlet::small.printFramed("DOUBLE",cout,Figlet::FIGLET_DOUBLE);
@=================================@
#  ___   ___  _   _ ___ _    ___  #
# |   \ / _ \| | | | _ ) |  | __| #
# | |) | (_) | |_| | _ \ |__| _|  #
# |___/ \___/ \___/|___/____|___| #
#                                 #
@=================================@

Compile and test

Edit makefile file to match compiler of your OS and do:

make

To run the test

make run

or use rakefile

# on linux os
rake build_linux
 
# on mac
rake build_osx
 
# on windows
rake build_win