from http://st-www.cs.uiuc.edu/users/chai/figlet.html:

What is FIGlet?

FIGlet is a program for making large letters out of ordinary text 

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| (_) | _____  | |_| |__ (_)___ 
| | | |/ / _ \ | __| '_ \| / __|
| | |   <  __/ | |_| | | | \__ \
|_|_|_|\_\___|  \__|_| |_|_|___/

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