a tip of the hat to you and yours, and thank you for downloading "insects one," another freeware clipfont from the folks at ecf. ---- "yes, there is an infestation... the past is being eaten by a terrible caterpillar... a huge worm that never makes its chrysallis, and cannot become a butterfly." - vanessa dewolf, from her play "shaking the heebie jeebies" c.1995 ---- "insects one" (first in a set of three insect clipfonts) is a windows95 and macintosh truetype font digitized from a collection of 19th century public domain woodcuts in april of 1997, and rebuilt in june of 1998, by steven j. lundeen, emerald city fontwerks, seattle, washington, usa. this clipfont has been made available as freeware, and no restrictions have been placed on its distribution or use. however, the font author has included this readme file because it contains ***essential "insects one" information... for those, the arm-chair entomologists among us.... ---ESSENTIAL "insects one" INFORMATION--- insect - an articulate animal that in its mature state has the body divided into three distinct parts, the head, the thorax, and the abdomen, has six legs, never more than four wings, and that breathes air through the body in tubes opening externally by spiracles. insects leave the egg as caterpillars or grubs, which are called larves. the higher insects undergo a metamorphosis in which the larve incloses itself in a cocoon or shell, and is then called the chrysalis or pupa. after remaining torpid in this shell for a time, it breaks forth as the perfect winged insect, or imago. a - stag-beetle, insect of the order coleoptera, characterized by having four wings, the outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when they are folded up. has large hooked mandibles somewhat resembling the horns of a stag. the larves bore into the roots and trunks of trees, and are sometimes many years in coming to maturity; often called, in the united states, a horse-beetle b - stag-beetle, toe-to-head view c - bombyx, the silkworm moth - a lepidopterous insect, having antennae that taper regularly to a point, chiefly of nocturnal habits d - bombyx, horizontally mirrored e - butterfly, so named for the color of a yellow species - an insect of different species of the order lepidoptera, and especially of the family papilio f - butterfly, horizontally mirrored g - firefly, a winged, luminous insect, as the elater noctilucus, of south america, which emits a brilliant light from a yellow spot on each side of the thorax, and from other parts of the body h - firefly, horizontally mirrored i - working bee, a four-winged insect of the order hymenoptera, and family apis - there are many genera and species, the common honey bee is the apis mellifica, and lives in swarms, each of which has its own queen, its males or drones, and its very numerous neuters or workers j - working bee, horizontally mirrored k - corn-weevil, calandra granaria, a small coleopterous insect (having wings covered with a case or sheath), which causes great injury to grain l - corn-weevil, horizontally mirrored m - cockroach, an insect of several species of the genus blatta, it has a long flattish body, with large, thin wing cases, and is very troublesome, infesting houses and ships n - cockroach, toe-to-head view o - croton-bug, a long-winged species of cockroach; blatta germanica p - croton-bug, horizontally mirrored q - death-watch, a small kind of beetle (anobium tessellatum), whose ticking, which is really the call of the male for its mate, has been supposed, by superstitious people, to prognosticate death r - death-watch, toe-to-head view s - cricket, an insect of the genus gryllus and order orthoptera, characterized by a chirping note t - cricket, horizontally mirrored u - mosquito, a small insect, of several differect species, of the genus culex, having a sharp, pointed proboscis, by means of which it punctures the skins of animals and sucks their blood, the minute wounds thus made being often attended with swelling and a considerable degree of pain. the larves are developed in water. the common mosquito in the united states is culex mosquito, and there are various species that abound in marshes and low lands, and whose stings are peculiarly painful v - mosquito, horizontally mirrored w - dragon-fly, a genus of insects of the family libellulidae, having large and strongly reticulated wings, a large head with enormous eyes, and a long body. they are exceedingly powerful and swift of flight x - dragon-fly, horizontally mirrored y - earwig, an insect with very short wing-cases, which eats fruit and flower leaves, and is so called because it has been erroneously supposed to creep into the human brain through the ear z - earwig, toe-to-head view -------------------------------------------------- please note: if you find this clipfont useful, don't be afraid to let us know... you can contact emerald city fontwerks at: ecf@speakeasy.org you may also have an interest in "insects 2 & 3," a pair of entomological clipfonts that round out "the insect family." both are ecf cheapware clipfonts, found by way of: http://www.speakeasy.org/~ecf/clipfont.html ----------------------------------------------------- lest we forget, we'd also like you to know that ecf offers a complete line of fonts in three flavors: shareware, freeware and graphic art clipfonts, all of which can be found at: http://www.speakeasy.org/~ecf ----------------------------------------------------- remember, what we do depends on you. please register shareware fonts where appropriate, and continue to show your support for the art of fontography. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------