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.\" If you use FIGlet, please send an e-mail message to
.\" <info@figlet.org>
.\"
-.TH FIGLET 6 "12 January 2011" "v2.2.3"
+.TH FIGLET 6 "26 January 2011" "v2.2.4"
.SH NAME
FIGlet \- display large characters made up of ordinary screen characters
@@ -75,7 +75,11 @@ with adjacent FIGcharacters kerned and ``smushed'' together in various ways.
fonts are stored in
separate files, which can be identified by the suffix
.RB `` .flf ''.
-Most
+In systems with UTF-8 support
+.B FIGlet
+may also support TOIlet
+.RB `` .tlf ''
+fonts. Most
.B FIGlet
font files will be stored in
.B FIGlet's
@@ -525,6 +529,19 @@ It is affected by the
and
.B \-t
options.
+.TP
+.BR 5 " Supported font formats."
+This will list font formats supported by
+.B FIGlet .
+Possible formats are
+.RB `` flf2 ''
+for FIGfont Version 2
+.B .flf
+files and
+.RB `` tlf2 ''
+for TOIlet
+.B .tlf
+files.
.RE
.IP
If
@@ -912,6 +929,13 @@ at UTF-8 unicode files,
using the controlfile
.IR utf8 .
+.SH ENVIRONMENT
+.TP
+.B FIGLET_FONTDIR
+If
+.RB $ FIGLET_FONTDIR
+is set, its value is used as a path to search for font files.
+
.SH FILES
.PD 0
.TP 20
@@ -1063,6 +1087,10 @@ He also revised this documentation,
with a lot of input from
Paul Burton.
+Claudio Matsuoka added the support for
+.B .tlf
+files for version 2.2.4 and performs random hacks and bugfixes.
+
As a fan of FIGlet, Christiaan Keet revised the official FIGlet documentation
and set up the new FIGlet website at http://www.figlet.org/ (and the
corresponding ftp://ftp.figlet.org/pub/figlet/)
@@ -1070,4 +1098,5 @@ corresponding ftp://ftp.figlet.org/pub/figlet/)
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR figlist (6),
.BR chkfont (6),
-.BR showfigfonts (6)
+.BR showfigfonts (6),
+.BR toilet (1)