diff --git a/externals/pear-figlet/Text/Figlet.php b/externals/pear-figlet/Text/Figlet.php
--- a/externals/pear-figlet/Text/Figlet.php
+++ b/externals/pear-figlet/Text/Figlet.php
@@ -119,10 +119,50 @@
 
         $this->font_comment = '';
 
+        // If Gzip compressed font
+        if (substr($filename, -3, 3) == '.gz') {
+            $filename   = 'compress.zlib://' . $filename;
+            $compressed = true;
+
+            if (!function_exists('gzcompress')) {
+                return self::raiseError('Cannot load gzip compressed fonts since'
+                                        . ' gzcompress() is not available.',
+                                        3);
+            }
+        } else {
+            $compressed = false;
+        }
+
         if (!($fp = fopen($filename, 'rb'))) {
             return self::raiseError('Cannot open figlet font file ' . $filename, 2);
         }
 
+        if (!$compressed) {
+            /* ZIPed font */
+            if (fread($fp, 2) == 'PK') {
+                fclose($fp);
+
+                $zip = new ZipArchive();
+                $open_result = $zip->open($filename, ZipArchive::RDONLY);
+                if ($open_result !== true) {
+                    return self::raiseError('Cannot open figlet font file ' .
+                        $filename . ', got error: ' . $open_result, 2);
+                }
+
+                $name = $zip->getNameIndex(0);
+                $zip->close();
+
+                if (!($fp = fopen('zip://' . realpath($filename) . '#' . $name, 'rb'))) {
+                    return self::raiseError('Cannot open figlet font file ' . $filename, 2);
+                }
+
+                $compressed = true;
+            } else {
+                flock($fp, LOCK_SH);
+                rewind($fp);
+            }
+        }
+
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         //             /  /  | | |  |  | |  |   \