BUAF

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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  BUAF // n. [abbreviation, from alt.fan.warlord] Big Ugly ASCII Font --
     a special form of {ASCII art}. Various programs exist for rendering text
     strings into block, bloob, and pseudo-script fonts in cells between four
     and six character cells on a side; this is smaller than the letters
     generated by older {banner} (sense 2) programs. These are sometimes used
     to render one's name in a {sig block}, and are critically referred to as


     `BUAF's. See {warlording}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  BUAF
       
          [alt.fan.warlord] Big Ugly ASCII Font.  A special form of
          {ASCII art}.  Various programs exist for rendering text
          strings into block, {bloob}, and pseudo-script fonts in cells
          between four and six character cells on a side; this is
          smaller than the letters generated by older {banner} programs.
          These are sometimes used to render one's name in a {sig
          block}, and are critically referred to as "BUAF"s.  See
          {warlording}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]