Introduction
What are Runes? Nowadays the very name conjurs up images of mystery, magic and the occult. The question of whether the Anglo-Saxons held similar views is open to debate, and one to which I hope to return in later articles. For now I will put the straight-forward fact that runes are a peculiarly Germanic writing system originally incised or carved upon materials such as stone, wood or bone.
For an account of the beginnings of the runic system I am pleased to present Steve Pollington's article Some Thoughts on the Origin of the Fuþark.
Fonts
Anyone who has an interest in producing documents including runic characters will know how difficult it can be to track down fonts with just the right runstæfas for their needs. I hope to make the search a little less painful with a page giving links to the best of the runic fonts I could find on the WWW.
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