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The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

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 BUAFs. See warlording.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

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]