toilet
TLDR
Generate ASCII art for text
SYNOPSIS
toilet [OPTIONS] [TEXT...]
DESCRIPTION
toilet (The Other Implementation's letters) displays ASCII-art text banners using various fonts and filters. It is similar to FIGlet but with additional features like color filters and Unicode support.
The program reads text from command-line arguments or standard input and renders it using the specified font. Various filters can apply effects like color gradients, borders, and transformations.
PARAMETERS
-f, --font NAME
Use specified font file-F, --filter NAME
Apply filter to output-w, --width N
Set output width-t, --term
Use terminal width-d, --directory DIR
Specify font directory
CAVEATS
Font availability depends on installation. Some filters require terminal color support. Wide output may wrap incorrectly on narrow terminals. Unicode fonts require UTF-8 terminal support.
HISTORY
toilet was created by Sam Hocevar as part of the libcaca project, providing an alternative to FIGlet with additional features like color support and more rendering options.
