1Junicode is an advanced Unicode font for medieval scholars, including the
2full range of characters for languages written in the Latin script. It
3also mostly implements the recommendation of the Medieval Unicode Font
4Initiative (MUFI).
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6The following languages are fully supported: Old and Middle English, Old
7Icelandic, Runic, Latin, Gothic and Sanskrit transliterations, IPA
8(International Phonetic Alphabet) and Greek (based on the Greek Double
9Pica cut by Alexander Wilson of Glasgow in the eighteenth century).
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11Junicode supports the following OpenType features: f and long-s ligatures,
12contextual and stylistic alternates (calt, salt), horizontal kerning
13(kern), discretionary ligatures (circled numbers and letters via dlig),
14MUFI historical ligatures (hlig), glyph (de)composition (ccmp), correct
15positioning of combining marks -- mark-to-base (mark) and mark-to-mark
16(mkmk), small caps (smcp and c2sc), old-style figures (onum), super- and
17subscript numbers (sups and subs), Unicode fractions (frac), swashes
18(swsh) and mirrored runes (rtlm).
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20Junicode's OpenType style sets provide support for Nordic and Insular
21letter-forms, Old English typography, enlarged minuscules, E caudata,
22alternate yogh, MUFI's overlined/deleted characters and many more.
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