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Re: Text art tools

#21

This is my list, thanks for sharing! It started out as a list for ASCII and textmode art editors but grew to include all kinds of alternative design tools. I've hosted two workshops where the assigment is to create a printed zine without the use of any Adobe software. I give this list to the participants to explore. The scans of these zines and more info can be found here: https://tekstien-marginaalien-keskus.aalto.f…

Nice. I love zines and I’ll enjoy checking out those other links.

Re: Text art tools

#22

Slanted magazine did an issue recently on digital tools and compiled their own list: https://www.slanted.de/news/digital-tools/ The issue has screenshots of many of them: https://www.slanted.de/product/slanted-magazine-47-digital-t...

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I somehow managed to reply to the wrong thread.

Re: Text art tools

#23

How does notion manage to make this site, which is essentially just a static table, take several seconds to show any meaningful content?

Tell me about it... I have plans to migrate this to a static HTML at some point.

I’d be willing to help with that, pro bono. I like my tech minimal, so I’m a fan of small and fast html/css with a bit of JS when necessary. Today this is probably a quick project with an AI tool and a Notion MCP.

Contact info in my profile.

I’m also the creator of the minimalist framework, Neat CSS.

https://neat.joeldare.com

Re: Text art tools

#24

This is my list, thanks for sharing! It started out as a list for ASCII and textmode art editors but grew to include all kinds of alternative design tools. I've hosted two workshops where the assigment is to create a printed zine without the use of any Adobe software. I give this list to the participants to explore. The scans of these zines and more info can be found here: https://tekstien-marginaalien-keskus.aalto.f…

So good, thanks for compiling this list.

Re: Text art tools

#25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One of the.big hurdles is pantone support. At some point most places want their design to hit the real world and pantone has that market cornered. I dont just mean the technical parts pantone has expensive licensing that most FOSS doesnt and wont ever pay. There is more than one toll troll.in that marker.

There is no Pantone Support in Adobe Software since 2022/2023.

Oh wow really? I didnt know that. Did they launch a competing service or something?

Re: Text art tools

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post #14

Slanted magazine did an issue recently on digital tools and compiled their own list: https://www.slanted.de/news/digital-tools/ The issue has screenshots of many of them: https://www.slanted.de/product/slanted-magazine-47-digital-t...

The layout of the publication is almost unbearable… Considering that it’s a magazine a bout (graphic-) design I’d say they failed miserably.

Well, so was the Dada journal, but experimentation is supposed to push boundries.

https://monoskop.org/Dada_(journal)

Re: Text art tools

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post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The layout of the publication is almost unbearable… Considering that it’s a magazine a bout (graphic-) design I’d say they failed miserably.

Well, so was the Dada journal, but experimentation is supposed to push boundries. https://monoskop.org/Dada_(journal)

Couldn't agree more. The issue here is that it doesn't feel experimental or innovative at all. It just follows some weak design trends.
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