Template:Script/Runic/doc

Usage
This template marks a string as Runic script. It is transcluded by script or, alternatively, by runic. Do not include this template directly, but instead use:.

Under the hood
This template fixes font size at 125 %. It contains:

The  has two goals. It allows fixing broken display of Runic characters in Internet Explorer, and it allows users to specify their own style for Runic script.

The broken display of Runic characters in Internet Explorer is fixed by explicit font declarations in MediaWiki:Common.css/WinFixes.css, which is invoked by MediaWiki:Common.js. The following fonts are declared for Internet Explorer:

.script-runic { font-family: Junicode, FreeMono, Code2000, Hnias; }

Registered Wikipedia users can specify their own style for Runic script text by including a custom font declaration for  in their user CSS, see Help:User style.

Example
Placing a Runic string in script:

The result will be a span with a class attribute, like this:

ᚠᚢᚦᚨᚱᚲ

Which appears in your browser as:



Without script:


 * ᚠᚢᚦᚨᚱᚲ

The last two should only look different if you are using Internet Explorer 6 or lower on Windows, or if you have a custom style defined for.

Please mark all Runic text with. This will allow users to format all examples of Runic text consistently, with their choice of fonts, colours, etc.