Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Want to add COOL ASCII ART to your config files or your terminal? In this video, I'll show you how you can generate ASCII text with the terminal commands figlet and toilet. I'll also show you how you can color it with lolcat, display it when you start your terminal, how to copy it to your favorite text editor and more. Finally you can show off your cool desktop to your "friends" on Reddit!

figlet-fonts: github.com/xero/figlet-fonts

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0:00 Intro
1:23 Basic usage
2:06 Installing fonts
4:02 Additional options
4:47 Colorizing the output with lolcat
5:10 Displaying text when you start a terminal
5:51 Copying the output to the clipboard
6:45 Additional filters with toilet
8:14 Conclusion