Junicode

sample of Junicode font

Junicode (short for Junius-Unicode) is a Unicode font for medievalists. The current version is a beta; the selection of characters and the arrangement of the Private Use Area are subject to change. Your comments, suggestions and bug reports will be a great help to me as I complete the project.

Junicode currently contains 3096 characters in the regular style (the italic, bold and bold italic styles are less complete). These Unicode ranges are either complete in the regular style or they contain substantial numbers of glyphs (especially those of interest to medievalists):

A number of other ranges contain at least a few glyphs. Instructions ("hints") for improved screen display are in the Xgridfit TrueType instructing language.

To download, go to the Junicode Download Page and click "Download" next to the latest release. Then click on the zip archive (e.g. "junicode-0-6-17.zip"). Follow the instructions to get the file. If you want the source code (you must have a recent version of FontForge to make use of it), get the tar.gz archive instead.

To submit bug reports or feature requests, please visit the project page. Feel free also to browse the CVS tree. Join the low-frequency mailing list if you want to be informed of updates.