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==Description==
==Description==


Unicode is a specialized font for medievalists, with an enormous number of variant letterforms, which are assigned to the Private Use Area of [[:category:Unicode|Unicode]]. It adheres to the [[MUFI]] conventions that have been adopted by medievalists to supplement Unicode. From the website:
Unicode is a specialized font for medievalists, with an enormous number of variant letterforms, which are assigned to the Private Use Area of [[:category:Unicode|Unicode]]. It adheres to the [[MUFI]] conventions that have been adopted by medievalists to supplement Unicode.


<blockquote>Version 0.7.7 contains 3280 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):
From the website (accessed 2019-05-15):


Basic Latin
<blockquote> Junicode (short for Junius-Unicode) is a TrueType/OpenType font for medievalists with extensive coverage of the Latin Unicode ranges, plus Runic and Gothic. The font comes in four faces. Of these, regular and italic are fullest, featuring complete implementation of the Medieval Unicode Font Initiative recommendation, version 4.0. The bold and bold italic faces are less full.</blockquote>
Latin 1 Supplement
Latin Extended A
Latin Extended B
Latin Extended D
Latin Extended Additional
IPA Extensions
Phonetic Extensions
Spacing Modifier Letters
Greek
Greek Extended
Combining Diacritical Marks
Combining Diacritical Marks Supplement
Runic
Number Forms
Enclosed Alphanumerics
General Punctuation
Superscripts and Subscripts
Gothic</blockquote>


==See also==
==See also==
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Description

Unicode is a specialized font for medievalists, with an enormous number of variant letterforms, which are assigned to the Private Use Area of Unicode. It adheres to the MUFI conventions that have been adopted by medievalists to supplement Unicode.

From the website (accessed 2019-05-15):

Junicode (short for Junius-Unicode) is a TrueType/OpenType font for medievalists with extensive coverage of the Latin Unicode ranges, plus Runic and Gothic. The font comes in four faces. Of these, regular and italic are fullest, featuring complete implementation of the Medieval Unicode Font Initiative recommendation, version 4.0. The bold and bold italic faces are less full.

See also