a tip of the hat to you and yours,<br />
and thank you for downloading "a picture alphabet",<br />
yet another freeware clipfont from the folks at ecf.<br />
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and i, a lonely vintner,<br />
and she, the lovely oyster girl,<br />
and this, a velvet night as pure and soft as any in song ...<br />
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"a picture alphabet" is a windows95 truetype font <br />
digitized from a collection of public domain woodcuts, circa 1834,<br />
in march of 1997<br />
by steven j. lundeen,<br />
emerald city fontwerks, <br />
seattle, washington, usa.<br />
<br />
this clipfont has been made available as freeware,<br />
and no restrictions have been placed on its distribution or use.<br />
<br />
however,<br />
the font author has included this readme file,<br />
which includes the alphabet's original poem,<br />
and encourages all users to keep these two files together.<br />
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---"a picture alphabet"---<br />
<br />
A was an archer, <br />
	who shot at a frog;<br />
B was a butcher, <br />
	who had a great dog;<br />
C was a captain,<br />
	all covered with lace;<br />
D was a drunkard,<br />
	and had a red face;<br />
E was an esquire,<br />
	with pride on his brow;<br />
F was a farmer,<br />
	and followed the plough;<br />
G was a gamester,<br />
	who had but ill-luck;<br />
H was a hunter,<br />
	and hunted a buck;<br />
I was an innkeeper,<br />
	who loved to carouse;<br />
J was a joiner,<br />
	 and built up a house;<br />
K was King William,<br />
	once governed the land;<br />
L was a lady,<br />
	who had a white hand;<br />
M was a miser,<br />
	and hoarded up gold;<br />
N was a nobleman,<br />
	gallant and bold;<br />
O was an oyster girl,<br />
	and went about town;<br />
P was a parson,<br />
	and wore a black gown;<br />
Q was a queen,<br />
	who wore a silk slip;<br />
R was a robber,<br />
	and wanted a whip;<br />
S was a sailor,<br />
	and spent all he got;<br />
T was a tinker,<br />
	and mended a pot;<br />
U was a userer,<br />
	a miserable elf;<br />
V was a vintner,<br />
	who drank all himself;<br />
W was a watchman,<br />
	and guarded the door;<br />
X was expensive,<br />
	and so became poor;<br />
Y was a youth,<br />
	that did not love school;<br />
Z was a zany,<br />
	a poor harmless fool.<br />
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