I must admit, I copy-pasted it from Wikipedia.
I'm not typing this on my home laptop, and although I can view Ð and Þ OK, all I see for ⁊ is garbage. The
Þ article is quite good because it shows various ways of typing that letter. But on my laptop, non of them work. So I usually resort to copy-paste.
This browser (Firefox 4.0.1) is currently set to Unicode (UTF-8). With anything else I can't even see the Ð and Þ.
...
OK, I've just installed the
Junicode font set, and I can now see all the letters and marks correctly.
If you're on Windows, you can open up Word and select Insert -> Symbol. There is a Shortcut Key... button. If you highlight the letter you want (choose Junicode in the Font dropdown menu), you can assign any shortcut you want. This will only work within Word, but you can compose your message/epic poem in Word and copy-paste into whichever program you are using.
For (my) future reference, here are the shortcuts I've assigned:
Æ = ALT + SHIFT + A (swas ShowAllHeadings)
Ð = ALT + SHIFT + D (was InsertDateField)
Þ = ALT + SHIFT + T (was InsertTimeField)
æ = ALT + A
ð = ALT + D
þ = ALT + T
⁊ = ALT + 7
You could even assign shortcuts to all the runic letters, then type away in English to produce an instant translation.
