FutharkBoard

Elder Futhark keyboard for Android

Installation

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1. Download the latest APK from the Release Section
2. Run downloaded apk-file
3. You may get asked if you want to install this app from an unknown source
4. Open the installed FutharkBoard App
5. Click on 'OPEN INPUT SETTINGS'-button
6. Enable FutharkBoard in the list of available keyboards

Characters

Letter	Rune	Unicode	Status	Comment
A	ᚨ	5800 (U+16A8)	Correct
B	ᛒ	5842 (U+16D2)	Correct
C	ᚲ	5810 (U+16B2)	Too small	Same as 'K'
D	ᛞ	5854 (U+16DE)	Correct
E	ᛖ	5846 (U+16D6)	Correct
F	ᚠ	5792 (U+16A0)	Rounded in some fonts	Formerly ᚯ 5807 (U+16AF)
G	ᚷ	5815 (U+16B7)	Correct
H	ᚺ	5818 (U+16BA)	Correct
I	ᛁ	5825 (U+16C1)	Correct
J	ᛃ	5827 (U+16C3)	Too small
K	ᚲ	5810 (U+16B2)	Too small
L	ᛚ	5850 (U+16DA)	Correct
M	ᛗ	5847 (U+16D7)	Correct
N	ᚾ	5822 (U+16BE)	Correct
O	ᛟ	5855 (U+16DF)	Correct
P	ᛈ	5832 (U+16C8)	Correct
Q			Missing	Formerly ᛜ 5852 (U+16DC)
R	ᚱ	5809 (U+16B1)	Correct
S	ᛊ	5834 (U+16CA)	Looks like Σ in some fonts	Formerly ϟ 991 (U+03DF)
T	ᛏ	5839 (U+16CF)	Correct
U	ᚢ	5794 (U+16A2)	Rounded in some fonts
V	ᚹ	5817 (U+16B9)	Correct	Same as 'W'
W	ᚹ	5817 (U+16B9)	Correct
X			Missing	Formerly ᚦ 5798 (U+16A6)
Y	ᛇ	5831 (U+16C7)	No 1:1 mapping	Phonetic [i:] fl(Y)
Z	ᛉ	5833 (U+16C9)	Correct
:	᛬	5868 (U+16EC)	Correct
.	᛫	5867 (U+16EB)	Correct
	ᚦ	5798 (U+16A6)	No letter-mapping	'X'-key on keyboard; Phonetic [θ] (TH)ing
	ᛜ	5852 (U+16DC)	No letter-mapping	'Q'-key on keyboard; Phonetic [ŋ] fi(NG)er

Resources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elder_Futhark (01 Nov 2021)
• http://xahlee.info/comp/unicode_runic.html (01 Nov 2021)
• http://www.heathenhof.com/the-elder-futhark-runes-an-instructive-guide/elder_futhark (01 Nov 2021)