Use of Middle English Characters

This page was created with a font called "Janius Modern" created by Dr. Peter Baker, Department of English, University of Virginia. It is used for the reason that it supports certain archaic English characters not supported in modern fonts.

Ash, Capital: Æ (Alt 0198)

Ash, Lower Case: æ (Alt 0230)

OE Ligature, Capital: Π(Alt 0140)

OE Ligature, Lower Case: œ (Alt 0156)

Eth, Capital: Ð (Alt 0208)

Eth, Lower Case: ð (Alt 0240)

Thorn, Capital: Þ (Alt 0222)

Thorn, Lower Case: þ (Alt 0254)

Yogh, Capital: Õ (Alt 0213)

Yogh, Lower Case: õ (Alt 0245)

The Following is in Arial. The same order of characters, using the same Alt keypad combination.

Ash, Capital: Æ (Alt 0198)

Ash, Lower Case: æ (Alt 0230)

OE Ligature, Capital: Π(Alt 0140)

OE Ligature, Lower Case: œ (Alt 0156)

Eth, Capital: Ð (Alt 0208)

Eth, Lower Case: ð (Alt 0240)

Thorn, Capital: Þ (Alt 0222)

Thorn, Lower Case: þ (Alt 0254)

Yogh, Capital: Õ (Alt 0213)

Yogh, Lower Case: õ (Alt 0245)