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            _             _ 
  __ ____ _| |_  _ ___ __(_)
  \ V / _` | | || / -_|_-/_ 
   \_/\__,_|_|\_,_\___/__(_)

I… think that says “values:”, but it took me a while to decide, aided by what I might call the known-plaintext heading “rawtext.club” written in the same style.

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I bet this is output of

  % figlet -f small values:

I think the default font (standard) is more readable. But they state, taking part is not easy:)

  % figlet values:
              _
  __   ____ _| |_   _  ___  ___ _
  \ \ / / _` | | | | |/ _ \/ __(_)
   \ V / (_| | | |_| |  __/\__ \_
    \_/ \__,_|_|\__,_|\___||___(_)

Reads like valves to me

For "valves" there would be a stray underscore "_" on the right bottom corner of the second "v". To me it clearly is "values".

Values vs. Valves:

  figlet -f small Values vs. Valves

  __   __    _                         __   __    _            
  \ \ / /_ _| |_  _ ___ ___ __ _____   \ \ / /_ _| |_ _____ ___
   \ V / _` | | || / -_|_-< \ V (_-<_   \ V / _` | \ V / -_|_-<
    \_/\__,_|_|\_,_\___/__/  \_//__(_)   \_/\__,_|_|\_/\___/__/

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