Runic (Unicode block)
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Runic is a Unicode block containing runic characters. It was introduced in Unicode 3.0 (1999), with eight additional characters introduced in Unicode 7.0 (2014).[3] The original encoding of runes in UCS was based on the recommendations of the "ISO Runes Project" submitted in 1997.[lower-alpha 1]
Runic | |
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Range | U+16A0..U+16FF (96 code points) |
Plane | BMP |
Scripts | Runic (86 char.) Common (3 char.) |
Major alphabets | Futhark |
Assigned | 89 code points |
Unused | 7 reserved code points |
Unicode version history | |
3.0 (1999) | 81 (+81) |
7.0 (2014) | 89 (+8) |
Unicode documentation | |
Code chart ∣ Web page | |
Note: [1][2] |
The block is intended for the representation of text written in Elder Futhark, Anglo-Saxon runes, Younger Futhark (both in the long-branch and short-twig variants), Scandinavian medieval runes and early modern runic calendars; the additions introduced in version 7.0 in addition allow support of the mode of writing Modern English in Anglo-Saxon runes used by J. R. R. Tolkien, and the special vowel signs used in the Franks Casket inscription.[lower-alpha 2]