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Junicode

Junicode
Typeface Junicode
Category Serif
Designer(s) Peter Baker
Foundry none
Sample
Caslon sample text

Junicode (short for Junius-Unicode) is a free Unicode typeface for medievalists, designed by Peter Baker. The roman characters are based on a typeface used by the Clarendon Press in the 17th century. It is very similar in style to typefaces of the 18th century such as Caslon. It includes characters used in European medieval texts, in the Unicode ranges:

  • Basic Latin (ASCII) (0000–007F)
  • Latin 1 Supplement (00A0–00FF)
  • Latin Extended A (0100–017F)
  • Latin Extended B (0180–024F)
  • IPA Extensions (0250–02AF)
  • Spacing Modifier Letters (02B0–02FF)
  • Combining Diacritical Marks (0300–036F)
  • Greek (0370–03FF)
  • Runic (16A0–16FF)
  • Phonetic Extensions (1D00–1D6F)
  • Latin Extended Additional (1E00–1EFF)
  • General Punctuation (2000–206F)
  • Superscripts and Subscripts (2070–209F)
  • Currency Symbols (20A0–20CF)
  • Letterlike Symbols (2100–214F)
  • Mathematical operators (2200–22FF)
  • Miscellaneous Technical (2300–23FF)
  • Enclosed Alphanumerics (2460–24FF)
  • Geometric Shapes (25A0–25FF)
  • Dingbats (2700–27BF)
  • Private Use Area (F100–F1A6)

Junicode supports part of the Medieval Unicode Font Initiative.

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