Runic (Unicode block)

<p>Runic is a <a href="/facts/Unicode_block/0RrzJWhE">Unicode block</a> containing <a href="/facts/Runes/NxdzMS8E">runic characters</a>.
It was introduced in Unicode 3.0 (1999), with eight additional characters introduced in Unicode 7.0 (2014).
The original encoding of runes in UCS was based on the recommendations of the "ISO Runes Project" submitted in 1997.
</p><p>The block is intended for the representation of text written in <a href="/facts/Elder_Futhark/9KfAExKa">Elder Futhark</a>, <a href="/facts/Anglo-Saxon_runes/XNUo4zMb">Anglo-Saxon runes</a>, <a href="/facts/Younger_Futhark/cVcDDaab">Younger Futhark</a> (both in the long-branch and short-twig variants), Scandinavian <a href="/facts/Medieval_runes/52vVzcde">medieval runes</a> and early modern <a href="/facts/Runic_calendar/dn59Gp9a">runic calendars</a>; the additions introduced in version 7.0 in addition allow support of the mode of writing <a href="/facts/Modern_English/etWbLYRj">Modern English</a> in Anglo-Saxon runes used by <a href="/facts/J._R._R._Tolkien/41HPhk5C">J. R. R. Tolkien</a>, and the special vowel signs used in the <a href="/facts/Franks_Casket/dNXeg2UD">Franks Casket</a> inscription.
</p>

Runic (Unicode block) open-in-new

Runic (Unicode block)