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# zigurine

A login greeting that shows a short piece of text, usually the machine's name,
drawn in a real font and colored with a rainbow, as an image in a terminal that
supports the kitty graphics protocol.

## Language

**Banner**:
The image of the text that zigurine draws and shows at login.
_Avoid_: MOTD, logo, figure

**Banner text**:
The words the banner shows; the machine's short hostname unless others are given.
_Avoid_: message, title

**Rainbow**:
A diagonal sweep of hue across the whole banner at even brightness, colored
pixel by pixel within the glyphs, starting at a hue chosen afresh each time.
_Avoid_: gradient, lolcat colors

**Font pattern**:
A fontconfig-style description of the font wanted, such as `sans-serif:bold`,
which may match several installed fonts.
_Avoid_: font name, font spec

**Graphics terminal**:
A terminal that answers the kitty graphics support query and can therefore show
the banner. Any other terminal is shown nothing.
_Avoid_: kitty, capable terminal

**Banner height**:
How tall the banner is, counted in terminal rows.
_Avoid_: font size, scale