fossfun.md

Fun things you can do..

This tutorial show how much fun is foss..(This sentence doesn't make any sense at all :\ )

Figlet

Figlet is an amazing CLI tool which helps in displaying amazing fonts in your terminal :)

First check whether figlet is installed in your system.

$ sudo apt-get install figlet

Try using figlet by doing..

figlet "Hello World!"

You can customize the font by using -f parameter.

figlet -f min "Awesome"

You can also extend the customization by many parameters. For knowing more, do

man figlet

BONUS : Add lolcat and make it colourful!! To use lolcat, you need to install it by

gem install lolcat

figlet -f 3d "This lit!!" | lolcat

The 3d.flf file is not installed predefault and can be used by copying into into \root\usr\share\figlet\ folder. Source to 3d.flf and other amazing custom figlet fonts : https://github.com/xero/figlet-fonts (Shoutout to xero, an amazing ricer)