perl Makefile.PL make test make install ./figlet.pl -f standard -d . This package includes the module, figlet.pl, and the default font standard.flf a script to emulate the FIGlet command using Text::FIGlet. NAME Text::FIGlet - a perl module to provide FIGlet abilities, akin to banner SYNOPSIS my $font = Text::FIGlet-Enew(-f=>"doh"); $font->figify(-A=>"Hello World"); #figlet -A Hello World _ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ | | | | ___| | | ___ \ \ / /__ _ __| | __| | | |_| |/ _ \ | |/ _ \ \ \ /\ / / _ \| '__| |/ _` | | _ | __/ | | (_) | \ V V / (_) | | | | (_| | |_| |_|\___|_|_|\___/ \_/\_/ \___/|_| |_|\__,_| figlet.pl is still in it's infancy and does not do smushing, among other things. #figlet.pl -A Hello World _ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ | | | | ___ | || | ___ \ \ / / ___ _ __ | | __| | | |_| | / _ \| || | / _ \ \ \ /\ / / / _ \ | '__|| | / _` | | _ || __/| || || (_) | \ V V / | (_) || | | || (_| | |_| |_| \___||_||_| \___/ \_/\_/ \___/ |_| |_| \__,_|