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Ascii art text tool

figlet – http://www.figlet.org/
sudo apt-get install figlet

Print a list of available FIGlet fonts:
showfigfonts

use FIGlet

output is more nice and clear on a black terminal background
default (standard font , left centerd)
figlet “Ward Malesys”

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\ \      / /_ _ _ __ __| | |  \/  | __ _| | ___  ___ _   _ ___ 
 \ \ /\ / / _` | '__/ _` | | |\/| |/ _` | |/ _ \/ __| | | / __|
  \ V  V / (_| | | | (_| | | |  | | (_| | |  __/\__ \ |_| \__ \
   \_/\_/ \__,_|_|  \__,_| |_|  |_|\__,_|_|\___||___/\__, |___/

change font :  -f option
figlet -f digital "Ward Malesys"

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|W|a|r|d| |M|a|l|e|s|y|s|
+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

figlet -f shadow "Ward Malesys" 

\ \        /             |   \  |       |                      
 \ \  \   / _` |  __| _` |  |\/ |  _` | |  _ \  __| |   |  __| 
  \ \  \ / (   | |   (   |  |   | (   | |  __/\__ \ |   |\__ \ 
   \_/\_/ \__,_|_|  \__,_| _|  _|\__,_|_|\___|____/\__, |____/ 
                                                   ____/

Use the -c option if you would prefer centered output:
figlet -c “Shell Hacks”

You can also download and use additional FIGlet fonts, for example:
$ wget http://www.figlet.org/fonts/univers.flf
$ figlet -f univers.flf “Ward”

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