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Junicode (short for Junius-Unicode) is a Unicode font for mediaevalists. It includes characters used in European mediaeval 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)

Many characters not included in Unicode are present in the Private Use Area.

Sample

The following paragraph is in Junicode if it is installed on your machine.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.