Question 1: The making of 

echo C4TGLEVU | figlet -f $font

banner
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big
  _____ _  _ _______ _____ _      ________      ___    _
 / ____| || |__   __/ ____| |    |  ____\ \    / / |  | |
| |    | || |_ | | | |  __| |    | |__   \ \  / /| |  | |
| |    |__   _|| | | | |_ | |    |  __|   \ \/ / | |  | |
| |____   | |  | | | |__| | |____| |____   \  /  | |__| |
 \_____|  |_|  |_|  \_____|______|______|   \/    \____/


block

  _|_|_|  _|  _|  _|_|_|_|_|    _|_|_|  _|        _|_|_|_|  _|      _|  _|    _|
_|        _|  _|      _|      _|        _|        _|        _|      _|  _|    _|
_|        _|_|_|_|    _|      _|  _|_|  _|        _|_|_|    _|      _|  _|    _|
_|            _|      _|      _|    _|  _|        _|          _|  _|    _|    _|
  _|_|_|      _|      _|        _|_|_|  _|_|_|_|  _|_|_|_|      _|        _|_|


lean

     _/_/_/  _/  _/  _/_/_/_/_/    _/_/_/  _/        _/_/_/_/  _/      _/  _/    _/
  _/        _/  _/      _/      _/        _/        _/        _/      _/  _/    _/
 _/        _/_/_/_/    _/      _/  _/_/  _/        _/_/_/    _/      _/  _/    _/
_/            _/      _/      _/    _/  _/        _/          _/  _/    _/    _/
 _/_/_/      _/      _/        _/_/_/  _/_/_/_/  _/_/_/_/      _/        _/_/


mini
 _  _____   _
/|_|_|/__| |_\  /| |
\_ | |\_||_|_ \/ |_|

script
  ___      ______      _    ___  _        _
 / (_)|  |(_) | () |\_|_)  / (_)(_|   |_/(_|    |
|     |__|_   | /\/|  |    \__    |   |    |    |
|        |  _ |/   | _|    /      |   |    |    |
 \___/   | (_//(__/ (/\___/\___/   \_/      \__/\_/


shadow
  ___| |  |__ __| ___| |     ____|\ \     / |   |
 |     |  |   |  |     |     __|   \ \   /  |   |
 |    ___ __| |  |   | |     |      \ \ /   |   |
\____|   _|  _| \____|_____|_____|   \_/   \___/

slant
   ________ ________________    _______    ____  __
  / ____/ // /_  __/ ____/ /   / ____/ |  / / / / /
 / /   / // /_/ / / / __/ /   / __/  | | / / / / /
/ /___/__  __/ / / /_/ / /___/ /___  | |/ / /_/ /
\____/  /_/ /_/  \____/_____/_____/  |___/\____/

small
  ___ _ _ _____ ___ _    _____   ___   _
 / __| | |_   _/ __| |  | __\ \ / / | | |
| (__|_  _|| || (_ | |__| _| \ V /| |_| |
 \___| |_| |_| \___|____|___| \_/  \___/

smscript
  __      _____         __
 / ()|  |() |() |\_|)  / ()(|  |_/(|   |
|    |__|_  |/\/|  |   >-   |  |   |   |
 \___/  | (//(_/  (\__/\___/ \/     \_/\_/

smshadow
  __|| |__ __|__| |    __|\ \   /|  |
 (  __ _|  | (_ | |    _|  \ \ / |  |
\___| _|  _|\___|____|___|  \_/ \__/

smslant
  ______________________   _____   ____  __
 / ___/ / /_  __/ ___/ /  / __/ | / / / / /
/ /__/_  _// / / (_ / /__/ _/ | |/ / /_/ /
\___/ /_/ /_/  \___/____/___/ |___/\____/

standard
  ____ _  _ _____ ____ _     _______     ___   _
 / ___| || |_   _/ ___| |   | ____\ \   / / | | |
| |   | || |_| || |  _| |   |  _|  \ \ / /| | | |
| |___|__   _| || |_| | |___| |___  \ V / | |_| |
 \____|  |_| |_| \____|_____|_____|  \_/   \___/