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
TWO
collective
insect1 critters
drawing
worm
mosquito1 Mosquito
queer
millipede
butterfly2 butterfly
slug
BRICK
bugs
yodel
thorax
antennae
topiary
proboscis
mantis2 Mantis
assonance
thief burglar bug
Individual insect substitution keywords
beetle1beetle2beetle3beetle4beetle5beetle6spider1spider2spider3spider4insect1insect2insect3insect4ant1butterfly1butterfly2caterpillar1caterpillar2caterpillar3mantis1mantis2dragonfly1dragonfly2mosquito1mosquito2moth1bee1worm1thief