Makeshift Insects is a collaboratively drawn typeface constructed from insects. In an online workshop with Arts House, artists and mentors from the Makeshift Publics program were invited to create a strange typeface in two stages:
- We each drew a small insect
- We collaboratively constructed an alphabet using our insects as building blocks
The typeface also contains individual insects (implemented via a contextual alternates feature) which are automatically substituted when their code names are typed.
Makeshift Insects is free and open source.
Makeshift Insects
OCTOTHORPE
worm
slug
BRICK
millipede
topiary
thorax
proboscis
PIE
mantis2 Mantis
drawing
mosquito1 Mosquito
pincer
queer
butterfly2 butterfly
mosquito2 Mosquito
bugs
spider3 spiders
tiny beings
angles
Individual insect substitution keywords
beetle1beetle2beetle3beetle4beetle5beetle6spider1spider2spider3spider4insect1insect2insect3insect4ant1butterfly1butterfly2caterpillar1caterpillar2caterpillar3mantis1mantis2dragonfly1dragonfly2mosquito1mosquito2moth1bee1worm1thief