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 [220]ASCII ART as DESIGN PRACTICE NO ADOBE USED FOR MAKING THIS POSTER! Font is JGS by Adel, and an unnamed one made by Heikki in his single stroke font editor. Layout with HTML. Printed straight from Firefox! [u=3,2]Heikki Lotvonen[/u], the current designer-in-residency at the Centre for Text Margins, will share about his process of developing [b=2]seven new experimental digital design tools[/b] during the residency that all contribute to his [b=2]quest to make a book where he designs everything himself[/b], sidestepping the need for Adobe software. Starting from building a font editor, to making a font with it, to making his own layout software, Heikki shares his thoughts about the process, and how it all stems from his background in [offset=0,1][tracking=10][size=12][r=-5]ASCII[/r][/size][/tracking][/offset] art. Heikki also invited [u=3,2]Adel Faure[/u] to join him, as Adel might be the only person in the world who can claim to be a full-time [offset=0,1][tracking=10][size=12][r=-5]ASCII[/r][/size][/tracking][/offset] artist! Adel will talk about his [b=2]contemporary [offset=0,1][tracking=10][size=12][r=-5]ASCII[/r][/size][/tracking][/offset] art practice[/b]: designing the [offset=0,1][tracking=10][size=12][r=-5]ASCII[/r][/size][/tracking][/offset] art font jgs and developing [offset=0,1][tracking=10][size=12][r=-5]ASCII[/r][/size][/tracking][/offset] art tools, which he uses to make games, animations, illustrations and more. The event will finish with a [b=2]live coded [offset=0,1][tracking=10][size=12][r=-5]ASCII[/r][/size][/tracking][/offset] art performance[/b] by Adel, which he performs using his tool [i=-10]Textor[/i]. [i=-10]Heikki Lotvonen is a graphic designer and toolmaker interested in pushing the boundaries of text-based art and design. His practice is centered around developing experimental design tools that are based on forgotten and unconventional design methods and that attempt to reimagine some fundamental paradigms of design and typography, offering alternatives to conventional ways of making. Heikki is the current designer-in-residency at the Centre for Text Margins (2025–2026).[/i] [i=-10]Adel Faure is a French ASCII artist working with text and code to make fonts, art, tools, games, music and performances. Motivated by an experimental relationship with text-based interfaces and an interest in how tools shape creation and culture, he brings back-to-life forms and practices from a computing era considered obsolete, turning them into games, animations, and illustrations.[/i]