thank you for downloading "the middle ages I",
yet another freeware clipfont from the folks at ecf.

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"una volta furfante, e sempre furfante."
- "once a knave, always a knave."
[Italian]
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"the middle ages I" is a windows95 truetype font 
digitized from a collection of 19th century public domain woodcuts
in february of 1997
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 "middle ages I" information ...

which users may find most helpful
when deciding what to wear to battle today ...


---ESSENTIAL "MIDDLE AGES" INFORMATION---


a - allecret armor, light armor used by both cavalry and infantry
	in the sixteenth century, it consisted of breastplate and
	gussets, often reaching to the middle of the thigh,
	and sometimes below the knees
b - allecret armor, mirror image
c - aillettes, small square shields on the shoulders of knights,
	being the prototype of the modern epaulet
d - an acetabulum, a vessel of porcelain, silver, bronze or gold,
	in the form of a goblet or teacup, in which vinegar was
	brought to the table
e - the anlace (or anelace), a short knife or dagger worn at the girdle 
	by civilians until about the end of the fifteenth century
f - anlace, mirror image
g - the arbalist, a cross-bow, consisting of a steel bow set in a 
	shaft of wood, furnished with a string and a trigger, and bent
	with a pice of iron. it served to throw bullets, darts,
	arrows, etc.
h - arbalist, mirror image
i - an amice, an oblong piece of linen with an ornament of
	embroidery on one edge, formerly worn by the superior clergy.
	it was made to wear on the head, covering it like a hood,
	or to rest on the shoulders like a cape
j - amice, worn as hood
k - amice, worn as hood, mirror image
l - a barbacan, an advanced work defending the entrance to a castle
	or city, as at a drawbridge or gate; it was often large and
	strong, having a ditch and drawbridge of its own
m - the beaver, part of a helmet in front, so constructed or
	otherwise that the wearer could raise or lower it 
	to eat or drink
n - beaver, mirror image
o - the casque (or cask), a piece of defensive armor, to cover and
	protect the head and neck in battle
p - casque, mirror image
q - a donjon, a massive tower in ancient castles, regarded as the
	strongest part of the fortifications, and usually in the
	center of the whole, into which the garrison could retreat
	in case of necessity; also called the "keep," often used
	as a place for confining prisoners
r - a battle-ax, a kind of ax, formerly used as an offensive weapon
s - battle-ax, mirror image
t - gadlings (or gads), spikes or sharp-pointed studs attached
	to the knuckles of a gauntlet
u - gadlings, mirror image
v - a coat of mail, a piece of armor covering the upper portion
	of the body, consisting of a network of iron rings

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