knots font

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a tip of the hat to you and yours,
and thank you for downloading "knots,"
another freeware clipfont from the folks at ecf.

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got no spots, and a leopard's a kitty,
got no pots, and a kitchen's a pity,
got no dots, and a polka's a ditty,
got no knots, and my shoes fall off....

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"knots"
is a windows95/macintosh truetype font
digitized from a collection of public domain woodcuts
in december of 1998
by steven j. lundeen,
emerald city fontwerks,
seattle, washington, usa.

please note:

this clipfont has been made available as freeware,
and no restrictions have been placed on its distribution or use.

enjoy.

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"knots," an ecf freeware clipfont

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the font author has included this readme file
because it contains
***essential*** "knots" information ...

which users may find most helpful
as they struggle to free themselves....

---ESSENTIAL "knots" INFORMATION---


a/A/1/! - wall-knot
b/B/2/@ - wall-and-crown-knot
c/C/3/# - double-wall-and-double-crown-knot
d/D/4/$ - single matthew walker's-knot, begun
e/E/5/% - single matthew walker's-knot, finished
f/F/6/^ - double matthew walker's-knot, begun
g/G/7/& - double matthew walker's-knot, finished
h/H/8/* - lanyard-knot, begun
i/I/9/( - lanyard-knot, finished
j/J/0/) - spritsail-sheet-knot
k/K - figure-of-eight, or german-knot, linking
also: � (ALT+0167)
� (ALT+0168)
� (ALT+0169)
� (ALT+0170)
l/L - stevedore-knot
m/M/=/+ - simple, single, or overhand-knot, linking
n/N - bowline-knot
o/O/-/_ - surgeon's-knot
p/P - running bowline-knot
q/Q - hangman's-knot
r/R - double flemish-loop
s/S/t/T/"/'/:/; - bowline on a bight
u/U - sheep-shank-knot
v/V - bowline with a bight
w/W/,/< - harness-hitch, linking
x/X/./> - lark's-head-knot
y/Y///? - square, or reef-knot
z/Z - sheet, or becket-bend, single

`/~ - variation on the spritsail-sheet-knot
[/{ - rope link for the bowline on a bight (s/S/t/T)
] - rope link for the square, or reef-knot (//?)
\ - rope link for knots 1-9, their upper cases, as well as ~
} - rope link for the harness-hitch (,/<)
| - spritsail-sheet-knotball

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please note:

if you find "knots" useful,
don't be afraid to let us know...

you can contact emerald city fontwerks via:

[email protected]

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