This blog is about Glyph Drawing Club, modular design, ASCII art, text art, typography, type design, HTML & CSS, programming and other curious things.
Blog is maintained by Heikki Lotvonen (he/him).
Welcome
Essays & Articles
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Why is there a "small house" in IBM's Code page 437? 2025
There's a small house in the moddle of IBM's Code Page 437. Why? -
The origins of DEL (0x7F) and its Legacy in Amiga ASCII art 2025
A micro-history of the character DEL (0x7F) as it appears in Amiga's Topaz font, and explorations on its use in Amiga ASCII art. -
Typographic Pictures Composed Entirely of Brass Rule 2024
The strange art of arranging typographic rule into pictorial compositions. -
ASCII art: From a Commodity Into an Obscurity 2018
Why does ASCII art exist? Is ASCII art just a nostalgic trend? Can you find a "cyberspace utopia" within the ASCII art community? -
Amiga ASCII art 2015
My thesis on Amiga ASCII art translated to English.
Blog
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Font with Built-In Syntax Highlighting 2024
An experiment in javascript-free syntax highlighting, made possible by opentype contextual alternates and COLR table -
On the origins of Glyph Drawing Club 2020
Why I decided to make my own design tool -
An outsider's journey into the Amiga ASCII community 2018
How I, a total outsider who has never even touched an Amiga, found my way into researching and making Amiga ASCII art.
Tutorials
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Usage Tutorial for Glyph Drawing Club
Want to learn how to use Glyph Drawing Club? -
How to clean up your glyph drawing in Adobe Illustrator
Guide for making print-ready files from Glyph Drawing Club files -
Moebius Ansi & Ascii Art editor with Custom font support!
Create your own textmode graphics & unusual ASCII art -
How to make a Modular typeface with Glyphs for Glyph Drawing Club
You can use ANY font in Glyph Drawing Club. This tutorial is about making your own set of glyphs. -
Contemporary type design with Amiga Ascii
Turn your Amiga ASCII art into vectors easily for edgy looking designs