text_ascii

Chunky multi-row big-text via half-block glyphs (style = "blocks") or classic FIGlet ASCII art (style = "figlet"). The hero treatment for short strings like a clock or greeting; use text_plain for anything multi-line.

Accepts	Animates
text	no

Options

Option	Type	Required	Default	Description
style	"blocks" | "figlet"	no	"blocks"	Visual treatment. blocks uses half-block glyphs via tui-big-text; figlet uses the classic FIGlet engine.
pixel_size	"full" | "quadrant" | "sextant"	no	adaptive (picked by area height)	Glyph density for style = "blocks". Ignored when style = "figlet".
font	"standard" | "small" | "big" | "banner" | "ansi_shadow" | "slant" | "isometric" | "doom"	no	"standard"	FIGlet font when style = "figlet". Unknown names fall back to standard. ansi_shadow and isometric use Unicode box-drawing characters; slant is the classic italic; doom is a bold block face.
color	theme token name (e.g. "panel_title", "text")	no	"text"	Foreground colour token. Any [theme] key name is accepted; unknown names fall back to the default.
align	"left" | "center" | "right"	no	"left"	Horizontal alignment of the rendered text within its cell.

Theme tokens

Overridable via the [theme] section of your dashboard config.

Key	Description
text	Primary body text colour for plain renderers (text_plain, text_ascii, list_plain, animated_typewriter). The top step of the chrome ladder — brighter than text_secondary, reads as diffuse daylight on the ocean surface. Set text = "reset" to inherit the terminal's own foreground instead.
panel_title	Panel title colour. The coral hero of the Splash palette; set panel_title = "reset" to inherit the terminal's own foreground.

Compatible fetchers

Shape

Fetchers

text

basic_links, basic_read_store, basic_static, calendar_holidays, claude_code_usage, claude_subscription, clock, clock_countdown, clock_derived, clock_sunrise, code_comments, code_files, code_largest_files, code_loc, code_todos, codex_subscription, codex_usage, crypto_trending, crypto_watchlist, deal_free_games, deal_games, deal_steam_daily, deariary_on_this_day, deariary_recent, deariary_today, git_age, git_blame_heatmap, git_churn, git_commits_activity, git_contributors, git_latest_tag, git_repo_name, git_stash_count, git_status, github_action_status, github_assigned_issues, github_contributors_monthly, github_languages, github_my_prs, github_repo, github_repo_issues, github_repo_prs, github_repo_stars, github_review_requests, github_user, gitlab_my_mrs, gitlab_pipeline_status, gitlab_repo_issues, gitlab_repo_mrs, gitlab_repo_stars, gitlab_review_requests, hackernews_user, huggingface_trending, lastfm_charts, lastfm_scrobbles_today, lastfm_top_albums, lastfm_top_artists, lastfm_top_tracks, linear_cycle, linear_issues, linear_notifications, lobsters_top, nasa_apod, net_gateway, net_interfaces, net_ip, net_mac, net_proxy, net_speedtest, news_9to5google, news_9to5mac, news_a_list_apart, news_ai_news, news_aljazeera, news_android_authority, news_android_police, news_appleinsider, news_arstechnica, news_bbc, news_bleeping_computer, news_bloomberg, news_carbon_brief, news_cbs, news_coindesk, news_css_tricks, news_daring_fireball, news_dark_reading, news_deadline, news_decrypt, news_distrowatch, news_dpreview, news_dw, news_economist, news_engadget, news_eurogamer, news_forbes, news_fortune, news_france24, news_fstoppers, news_ft, news_gizmodo, news_graham_cluley, news_guardian, news_hackaday, news_hackernoon, news_hugging_face_blog, news_ifixit, news_ign, news_import_ai, news_indiewire, news_inside_climate, news_its_foss, news_kotaku, news_krebs, news_lwn, news_macrumors, news_marketwatch, news_mit_tr_ai, news_nasa_news, news_nature, news_new_scientist, news_npr, news_omg_ubuntu, news_pc_gamer, news_petapixel, news_phoronix, news_phys_org, news_pitchfork, news_politico, news_polygon, news_propublica, news_quanta_magazine, news_rockpapershotgun, news_schneier, news_sciencedaily, news_scientific_american, news_sky_news, news_slashdot, news_smashing_magazine, news_space_com, news_spacenews, news_stereogum, news_techcrunch, news_techpowerup, news_techradar, news_the_block, news_the_gradient, news_the_hacker_news, news_the_register, news_theverge, news_threatpost, news_tomshardware, news_universe_today, news_ux_collective, news_variety, news_venturebeat, news_vg247, news_vox, news_wired, news_wsj, news_xda, news_yahoo_finance, news_yale_climate, news_zdnet, random_fortune, random_quote, reddit_trending, rss, steam_charts, steam_owned_games, steam_player_summary, steam_recently_played, stock_watchlist, system_info_bios, system_info_board, system_info_cpu, system_info_desktop, system_info_env, system_info_host, system_info_kernel, system_info_locale, system_info_machine, system_info_memory, system_info_timezone, system_monitor_battery, system_monitor_cpu, system_monitor_disk, system_monitor_load, system_monitor_memory, system_monitor_uptime, todoist_tasks, weather, weather_forecast, wikipedia_featured, wikipedia_on_this_day, wikipedia_random, wikipedia_trending, youtube_channel

Preview

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[[widget]]
id = "clock"
fetcher = "clock"
render = "text_ascii"