SHOWFIGFONTS(6) Games Manual SHOWFIGFONTS(6)

# [NAME](#NAME)

showfigfonts - prints a list of available figlet fonts

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**showfigfonts** \[ **-d** *directory* ] \[ *word* ]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Prints a list of available figlet fonts, along with a sample of each font. If directory is given, lists fonts in that directory; otherwise uses the default font directory. If word is given, prints that word in each font; otherwise prints the font name.

# [EXAMPLES](#EXAMPLES)

To use **showfigfonts** with its default settings, simply type

**example% showfigfonts**

To print all the fonts in /usr/share/fonts/figlet

**example% showfigfonts -d /usr/share/fonts/figlet**

To print the word foo using all available fonts

**example% showfigfonts foo**

# [AUTHORS](#AUTHORS)

showfigfonts was written by Glenn Chappell <ggc@uiuc.edu>

This manual page was written by Jonathon Abbott for the Debian Project.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**figlet**(6)](/man/os/figlet/figlet.6), [**chkfont**(6)](/man/os/figlet/chkfont.6), [**figlist**(6)](/man/os/figlet/figlist.6)

31 May 2012 v2.2.5

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Document: showfigfonts(6) from figlet 2.2.5-r6 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/cmatsuoka/figlet