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
antennae
mosquito2 Mosquito
millipede
pincer
mosquito1 Mosquito
drawing
TWO
OCTOTHORPE
thorax
proboscis
tiny beings
topiary
spider3 spiders
thief burglar bug
PIE
bugs
collective
queer
yodel
slug
Individual insect substitution keywords
beetle1beetle2beetle3beetle4beetle5beetle6spider1spider2spider3spider4insect1insect2insect3insect4ant1butterfly1butterfly2caterpillar1caterpillar2caterpillar3mantis1mantis2dragonfly1dragonfly2mosquito1mosquito2moth1bee1worm1thief