🌐 BYTEFORGE FIGLET SUITE — VISUAL STUDIO EXTENSION
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FIGLet Comment Generator for Visual Studio
Generate ASCII art banners directly inside your C#, C++, and .NET projects.
📘 Overview
The FIGLet Comment Generator extension brings FIGLet ASCII art directly into Visual Studio.
Create bold, readable section headers and file banners inside your code with a single command.
This extension is powered by the FIGLet .NET Library — the same engine used across the ByteForge FIGLet Suite — ensuring accurate, spec‑compliant rendering of FIGLet fonts and smushing rules.
✨ Features
- 🎨 Generate FIGLet ASCII banners inside Visual Studio
- 🔤 Choose from multiple FIGLet fonts
- 🧠 Automatically wraps banners using the correct comment syntax
- ⚙️ Supports Full Size, Kerning, and Smushing layout modes
- 🧩 Works with any language that uses line or block comments
- 🖥️ Clean, native Visual Studio UI
- 🧱 Powered by the official .NET FIGLet engine
🛠 Installation
From Visual Studio Marketplace
- Open Extensions → Manage Extensions
- Search for:
FIGLet Comment Generator
- Click Download
- Restart Visual Studio to complete installation
Supported Versions
- Visual Studio 2022
- Visual Studio 2026
🚀 Usage
Insert a FIGLet Banner
- Open any source-code editor.
- Right-click where you want the banner to be and select
Insert FIGLet Banner
- Enter your text
- Choose a font
- Press OK
The extension will insert a fully formatted ASCII banner wrapped in the correct comment syntax for your file type.
🧩 Supported Languages
The extension automatically detects the file type and applies the correct comment style:
- C# / C++ / Java →
// or /* */
- F# →
//
- VB.NET →
'
- SQL →
--
- JavaScript / TypeScript →
//
- Many others supported through Visual Studio’s language service
⚙️ Settings & Customization
Open Tools → Options → FIGLet Comment Generator to configure:
- Default FIGLet font
- Default layout mode
- FIGLet font folder
🔧 Powered By
This extension is powered by the FIGLet .NET Library — the same engine used across the ByteForge FIGLet Suite — ensuring accurate, spec‑compliant rendering of FIGLet fonts and smushing rules.
- Full FLF font parsing
- All official smushing rules
- Layout modes (FullSize, Kerning, Smushing)
- Hardblank handling
- Accurate horizontal/vertical layout logic
🧱 Example
Input:
My Section
Output (using “Small” font):
/*
* __ __ ___ _ _
* | \/ |_ _ / __| ___ __| |_(_)___ _ _
* | |\/| | || | \__ \/ -_) _| _| / _ \ ' \
* |_| |_|\_, | |___/\___\__|\__|_\___/_||_|
* |__/
*/
🤝 Contributing
Contributions are welcome!
To contribute:
- Fork the repository
- Create a feature branch
- Commit your changes
- Open a Pull Request
📜 License
This extension is licensed under the MIT License.
💡 Credits
- Original FIGLet concept by Frank, Ian & Glenn
- Implementations by Paulo Santos (ByteForge)
- FIGLet specifications: figlet.org
Support
If you encounter any issues or have feature requests, please:
- Search existing issues
- Create a new issue if needed
Made with ❤️ by Paulo Santos
