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$ sudo apt install figlet     [On Debian/Ubuntu]
$ sudo yum install figlet     [On CentOS/RHEL]
$ sudo dnf install figlet     [On Fedora 22+]

Figlet Installation

figlet Alanstudio

Normal output

    _    _                 _             _ _
   / \  | | __ _ _ __  ___| |_ _   _  __| (_) ___
  / _ \ | |/ _` | '_ \/ __| __| | | |/ _` | |/ _ \
 / ___ \| | (_| | | | \__ \ |_| |_| | (_| | | (_) |
/_/   \_\_|\__,_|_| |_|___/\__|\__,_|\__,_|_|\___/

figlet -c Alanstudio

created at the center, use the -c
use -l to set the output to the left or -r to print it to the right.

                  _    _                 _             _ _
                 / \  | | __ _ _ __  ___| |_ _   _  __| (_) ___
                / _ \ | |/ _` | '_ \/ __| __| | | |/ _` | |/ _ \
               / ___ \| | (_| | | | \__ \ |_| |_| | (_| | | (_) |
              /_/   \_\_|\__,_|_| |_|___/\__|\__,_|\__,_|_|\___/

figlet -w200 Alanstudio

outpust as one line for long string, -w switch, the default width is 80 columns.

    _    _                 _             _ _         _     _                    _____      _             _       _
   / \  | | __ _ _ __  ___| |_ _   _  __| (_) ___   | |   (_)_ __  _   ___  __ |_   _|   _| |_ ___  _ __(_) __ _| |
  / _ \ | |/ _` | '_ \/ __| __| | | |/ _` | |/ _ \  | |   | | '_ \| | | \ \/ /   | || | | | __/ _ \| '__| |/ _` | |
 / ___ \| | (_| | | | \__ \ |_| |_| | (_| | | (_) | | |___| | | | | |_| |>  <    | || |_| | || (_) | |  | | (_| | |
/_/   \_\_|\__,_|_| |_|___/\__|\__,_|\__,_|_|\___/  |_____|_|_| |_|\__,_/_/\_\   |_| \__,_|\__\___/|_|  |_|\__,_|_|

# ls /usr/share/figlet/ 646-ca.flc 646-it.flc 8859-4.flc ilhebrew.flc smscript.flf 646-ca2.flc 646-jp.flc 8859-5.flc ivrit.flf smshadow.flf 646-cn.flc 646-kr.flc 8859-7.flc jis0201.flc smslant.flf 646-cu.flc 646-no.flc 8859-8.flc koi8r.flc standard.flf 646-de.flc 646-no2.flc 8859-9.flc lean.flf term.flf 646-dk.flc 646-pt.flc banner.flf mini.flf upper.flc 646-es.flc 646-pt2.flc big.flf mnemonic.flf ushebrew.flc 646-es2.flc 646-se.flc block.flf moscow.flc uskata.flc 646-fr.flc 646-se2.flc bubble.flf script.flf utf8.flc 646-gb.flc 646-yu.flc digital.flf shadow.flf 646-hu.flc 8859-2.flc frango.flc slant.flf 646-irv.flc 8859-3.flc hz.flc small.flf figlet -f mini Alanstudio

Check out available font and apply it with -f

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