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+.TH BANNER 6
+.CT 1 misc
+.SH NAME
+banner, rot, rnd, bigp \- print in large type
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B /usr/games/banner
+[
+.BI - font
+]
+.I text
+[
+.B | /usr/games/rot
+.B | /usr/games/rnd
+.I height width
+]
+.PP
+.B /usr/games/bigp
+[
+.I text
+]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.I Banner
+prints its arguments, one per line, in
+.PP
+.EX
+ # #
+ # #
+ # ### # ## ## # ### #### # # # ## ###
+ # # ## # # ## # # # # # ## # # #
+ # #### # # # #### # # # # # ####
+ # # # # # # # # # # ## # # # ##
+ # ### # #### ### ## ## # #### ### ##
+ # # #
+ #### ### #
+.EE
+.PP
+The
+.I font
+may be selected from
+.FR /usr/jerq/font ;
+see
+.IR font (9.5).
+.PP
+.I Rot
+rotates its input clockwise ninety degrees.
+.IP
+.L
+banner Sideways | rot
+.PP
+runs down the page, and
+.IP
+.L
+banner Upside Down | rot | rot
+.PP
+is disconcerting.
+.PP
+.I Rnd
+scales the non-white-space characters in its input by integral
+.I height
+and
+.IR width.
+.PP
+.I Bigp
+generates
+banners suitable for printing on a line-printer.
+Its output is approximately the same as
+.IP
+.L
+banner -defont text | rot | rnd 2 4
+.PP
+If no arguments are supplied,
+.I bigp
+creates a banner from the standard input.