Add support for Runic
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	• bzimport
	Mar 22 2012, 3:19 PM

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Author: gmeijssen

Description:
Is the Junicode usable for WebFonts. Its claim to fame is for its use in medieval language studies.
Thanks,

Gerard

http://junicode.sourceforge.net/

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Severity: enhancement

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Reference: bz35408

Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Add Runic and Gothic to use Junicode webfont	mediawiki/extensions/UniversalLanguageSelector	master	+6 -1

Customize query in gerrit

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Resolved	Nikerabbit	T55015 Font support in Universal Language Selector (tracking)
Declined	None	T37408 Add support for Runic

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 22 2014, 12:10 AM

• bzimport added projects: UniversalLanguageSelector, I18n.

• bzimport set Reference to bz35408.

• bzimport added a subscriber: Unknown Object (MLST).

• bzimport created this task.Mar 22 2012, 3:19 PM

Changing the title to reflect the actual bug.
Gerard, can you confirm that you are specifically looking for Runic support? Or are you looking for a generic font in WebFonts extension that covers many scripts used for Medieval language studies?

We had added Charis SIL which covers most of the scripts in the font, but not Runic.

If it is just Runic, we need not deliver a 1.1 MB webfont for just 81 glyphs. If there is no Runic specific suitable font available, subsetting(not necessarily runtime subsetting) will be required.

I suppose the point Gerard wanted to make was, that the already supported webfont "Junicode" (see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Universal_Language_Selector/FAQ#What_fonts_are_included.3F) has support for runes. However, Junicode is currently only assigned to handle Old English ("ang" language code), but should also be used for the "Runr" script code.

Amire80 moved this task from Backlog to Adding fonts on the UniversalLanguageSelector board.Jul 22 2015, 4:27 PM

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Change 395691 had a related patch set uploaded (by KartikMistry; owner: KartikMistry):
[mediawiki/extensions/UniversalLanguageSelector@master] Add Runic and Gothic to use Junicode webfont

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/395691

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Dec 6 2017, 6:20 AM

Runr is script, which can't be assigned to fonts in ULS.

Change 395691 abandoned by KartikMistry:
Add Runic and Gothic to use Junicode webfont

Reason:
As per Niklas's comment.