The Glorantha Core Font is used by Moon Design and Chaosium in their publications. It is a compilation of the most useful characters from the 42 or so fonts created in the 2000s by Greg Stafford. It’s provided here for use in your games. It is a Truetype font compatible with both Windows and Apple systems.
The font currently does not include the sorcery technique runes detailed on page 384 of RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha. These have been included with the font as SVG files and are subject to the same copyright. Thanks to Phil Hibbs for creating the SVG files of the runes.
The Glorantha Core Runes font and Sorcery rune files are copyright © Moon Design Publications. Permission is granted for use in products in Chaosium’s Jonstown Compendium on DriveThruRPG. It is also granted for personal and fanzine use, as long as a credit and copyright notice is included, the font is not altered, and no fee of any kind is charged for its use.
Download the Rune file from here
The current version font 1.5 was released on 27 Jan 2016
Updated with sorcery runes & keyboard layouts 25 Sept 2019
Key
| Key | Name | Rune | Primary sources | Secondary sources | Notes | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dying Moon Phase |  | P:GtA 403 | Moon sub-rune | ||
| 2 | Crescent Go Moon Phase |  | P:GtA 402 | Moon sub-rune | ||
| 3 | Full Half Moon Phase |  | P:GtA 402 | Moon sub-rune | ||
| 4 | Full Moon Moon Phase |  | P:GtA 403 | Moon sub-rune | ||
| 5 | Empty Half Moon Phase |  | P:GtA 403 | Moon sub-rune | ||
| 6 | Crescent Come Moon Phase |  | P:GtA 403 | Moon sub-rune | ||
| 7 | Black Moon Phase |  | P:GtA 403 | Moon sub-rune | ||
| w | Water |  | RQG 48 CoR-MY 18 | GS 191, HQG 15, GtG 149 | Element rune | Original – Zaramaka Current – Magasta |
| e | Earth |  | RQG 48 CoR-MY 18 | GS 191, HQG 15, GtG 149 | Element rune | Original – Gata Current – Ernalda |
| t | Death |  | RQG 50 CoR-MY 18 | GS 192, HQG 16 GtG 148 | Power rune | Original – Kargan Tor Current – Humakt |
| y | Truth |  | RQG 50 CoR-MY 18 | GS 192, HQG 16 | Power rune | Original – Orenoar Current – Dayzatar |
| u | Undead |  | CoR-MY 20 | S:KoH 320, GtG 149 | Form rune AKA Unlife | Original – No one Current – Unknown |
| i | Illusion |  | RQG 50 CoR-MY 18 | GS 192, HQG 16, GtG 146 | Power rune | Original – Tylenea Current – Eurmal |
| o | Darkness |  | RQG 48 CoR-MY 18 | GS 191, HQG 14, GtG 148 | Element rune | Original – Nakala Current – Subere |
| p | Plant |  | RQG 15 CoR-MY 17 | GS 192, HQG 17, GtG 147 | Form rune | Original & Current – Flamal |
| a | Law |  | CoR-MY 18 | S:KoH 71 & 162, GtG 149 | Original – Unknown Current – Invisible God | |
| s | Movement |  | RQG 50 CoR-MY 18 | GS 192, HQG 16, GtG 146 | Power rune | Original – Larnste Current – Mastakos |
| d | Dragon |  | GtG 149 | Personal glyph | Original – Cosmic Dragon Current – Godunya | |
| f | Lightbringers |  | HM 186 | Glyph. AKA The Orlanthi Religion | ||
| g | Air |  | RQG 49 CoR-MY 18 | GS 192, HQG 15, GtG 148 | Element rune AKA Storm | Original – Umath Current – Orlanth |
| h | Communication |   | CoR-MY 20 | GS 193, HQG 18 | Combination rune – Air & Harmony. AKA Trade | Issaries |
| j | Disorder |  | RQG 50 CoR-MY 18 | GS 192, HQG 16, GtG 146 | Power rune | Original – Ratslaf Current – Bolongo |
| k | Shargash |  | HQ2 120, GRoY 58 | Personal glyph | ||
| l | Harmony |  | RQG 50 CoR-MY 18 | GS 192, HQG 16, GtG 146 | Power rune | Original – Harana Ilor Current – Chalana Arroy |
| x | Fertility |  | RQG 50 CoR-MY 18 | GS 192, HQG 16, GtG 146 | Power rune AKA Life | Original & Current – Uleria |
| c | Stasis |  | RQG 50 CoR-MY 18 | GS 192, HQG 16, GtG 146 | Power rune | Original – Acos Current – Mostal |
| b | Spirit |  | RQG 15 CoR-MY 17 | GS 193, HQG 17, GtG 147 | Form rune | Original & Current – Horned Man |
| n | Horse |   | Beast sub-rune | |||
| , | Man |  | RQG 50 CoR-MY 18 | GS 193, HQG 17, GtG 147 | Form rune | Original – Grandfather Mortal Current – Daka Fal |
| . | Fire/Sky |  | RQG 48 CoR-MY 18 | GS 191, HQG 15, GtG 148 | Element rune | Original – Aether Current – Yelm |
| / | Moon | | RQG 49 CoR-MY 18 | GS 192, HQG 15, GtG 148 | Element rune, Condition rune | Original – unknown Current – Red Goddess |
| Q | Cold |  | RQG 15 CoR-MY 20 | Darkness sub-rune | ||
| W | Mastery |  | RQG 15 CoR-MY 20 | GS 193, HQG 18, GtG 149 | Condition rune | Original – unknown Current – Arachne Solara |
| E | Heler |  | HM 186 | Personal glyph | ||
| R | Magic |  | RQG 15 CoR-MY 20 | GS 193, HQG 18, GtG 149 | Condition rune | Original – unknown Current – Arachne Solara |
| Y | Yinkin |  | S:KoH 180 | Personal glyph | ||
| I | God / Divine World |  | included for date notation for Godsday | |||
| O | Light |  | CoR-MY 20 | P:GtA 381, GtG 149 | Fire/Sky sub-rune | Original – no one Current – no one |
| P | Pamalt |  | CoR-MY 20 | GtG 149 | Combination Rune – Earth and Mastery AKA Power rune | Original – unknown Current – Pamalt |
| A | Dragonewt |  | RQG 15 CoR-MY 17 | GS 193, HQG 17, GtG 147 | Form rune | Original – Cosmic Dragon Current – Dragonewts |
| S | Infinity |  | RQG 15 CoR-MY 20 | GS 193, HQG 18, GtG 149 | Condition rune | Original – Glorantha Current – Arachne Solara |
| F | Barntar |  | HM 186 | Personal glyph | ||
| G | Sartar |  | S:KoH 290 | Personal glyph | ||
| H | Hell |  | HQ2 120 | |||
| K | Luck |  | RQG 15 CoR-MY 20 | GS 193, HQG 18, GtG 149 | Condition rune | Original – no one Current – no one |
| L | Heat |  | CoR-MY 20 | HQG 15 | Fire/Sky sub-rune | |
| X | Fate |  | RQG 15 CoR-MY 20 | GS 193, HQ2 120, GtG 149 | Condition rune | Original – unknown Current – Arachne Solara |
| C | Bear |  | SC 279 | Personal glyph | ||
| V | Eternal Battle |  | HQG 18, GtG 149 | Personal glyph | Original – unknown Current – Storm Bull | |
| B | Beast |  | RQG 50 CoR-MY 18 | GS 192, HQG 17, GtG 147 | Form rune | Original & Current – Hykim |
| ? | Chaos |  | RQG 15 CoR-MY 17 | GS 193, HQG 18, GtG 147 | Form rune | Original – Primal Chaos Current – Wakboth |
| n/a | Command |  | RQG 283 | Sorcery Technique | ||
| n/a | Combine |  | RQG 283 | Sorcery Technique | ||
| n/a | Dispel |  | RQG 283 | Sorcery Technique | ||
| n/a | Separate |  | RQG 283 | Sorcery Technique | ||
| n/a | Summon |  | RQG 283 | Sorcery Technique | ||
| n/a | Tap |  | RQG 283 | Sorcery Technique |
Notes
- Please note that the sources mentioned here supersede any previous writeups.
- Shadow
is not currently included. Ice is deprecated. - The sorcery techniques runes are crops from Jason Durall’s original drawings.
Sources
- CoR-MY – Mythology (2023)
- RQG – RuneQuest Glorantha (2018)
- GS – Glorantha Sourcebook (2018)
- GtG – Guide to Glorantha (2016)
- HQG – HeroQuest Glorantha (2015)
- P:GtA – Pavis: Gateway to Adventure (2012)
- SC – Sartar Companion (2010)
- S:KoH – Sartar: Kingdom of Heroes (2009)
- HQ2 – HeroQuest Core Rules (2009)
- HM – The Book of Heortling Mythology (2009)
- GRoY – The Glorious Reascent of Yelm (1993)
Notes on this font
I compiled this font so that Rick, Jeff and others could finally have a standard font that had all the basic Gloranthan runes, without using old or multiple fonts. The arrangement of characters is based on their position in their original font. Very few had their positions changed, this was to reduce confusion when switching from the older fonts. Don’t try to look for any logical pattern in their arrangement, there isn’t one. If you are wondering why some characters are included and others aren’t, it was based on need and simplicity.
David Scott.
Related Pages
- Glorantha Runes
- Introduction to Runes
- Khordavan Font
- Runes
- Runes and Glyphs used on this site (2023)
- The Runes Described
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