bit

name	bit
description	Use this skill when the user wants to render ASCII/ANSI art text, create terminal logos, or list bitmap fonts from the command line.

bit Plugin

CLI/TUI ANSI logo designer and font library with gradients, shadows, scaling, and 100+ bitmap fonts. Supports both interactive TUI and headless CLI output for quick text rendering.

Commands

Rendering

• bit text render — Render text as ANSI/ASCII art
• bit font list — List all available fonts

Utility

• bit self version — Print bit version
• bit _ _ — Passthrough to bit CLI

Usage Examples

• "Render 'Hello World' in ASCII art"
• "Create a terminal logo with gradient colors"
• "List all available fonts"
• "Render text with shadow effect"

Installation

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/superstarryeyes/bit/main/install.sh | bash

Examples

# Basic text rendering
bit text render "Hello World"

# Render with a specific font
bit text render "Welcome" -font ithaca

# Colored text
bit text render "Red Text" -color 31

# Hex color
bit text render "Custom" -color "#FF5733"

# Gradient text
bit text render "Gradient" -font dogica -color 31 -gradient 34 -direction right

# Shadow text
bit text render "Shadow" -font larceny -color 94 -shadow -shadow-h 2 -shadow-v 1

# Scaled text
bit text render "BIG" -font pressstart -color 32 -scale 2

# Aligned text
bit text render "Centered\nText" -font gohufontb -color 93 -align center

# Multi-line with line spacing
bit text render "Line 1\nLine 2" -font dogica -line-spacing 2

# List all fonts
bit font list

Key Features

• 100+ bitmap fonts (lazy loaded for memory efficiency)
• ANSI and hex color support
• Two-color gradients with direction control
• Horizontal and vertical shadows with style options
• 0.5x, 1x, 2x, 4x scaling
• Left, center, right text alignment
• Character, word, and line spacing control
• Interactive TUI for designing (optional)
• Headless CLI for quick rendering

Notes

• Colors: ANSI codes (0-255) or hex values (e.g. "#FF5733")
• Gradient auto-enables when end color differs from text color
• Shadows are disabled automatically with half-pixel scaled characters