Glorantha Core Rune Font

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	GS 191, HQG 15, GtG 149	Element rune	Original – Zaramaka Current – Magasta
e	Earth		RQG 48	GS 191, HQG 15, GtG 149	Element rune	Original – Gata Current – Ernalda
t	Death		RQG 50	GS 192, HQG 16 GtG 148	Power rune	Original – Kargan Tor Current – Humakt
y	Truth		RQG 50	GS 192, HQG 16	Power rune	Original – Orenoar Current – Dayzatar
u	Undead			S:KoH 320, GtG 149	Form rune AKA Unlife	Original – No one Current – Unknown
i	Illusion		RQG 50	GS 192, HQG 16, GtG 146	Power rune	Original – Tylenea Current – Eurmal
o	Darkness		RQG 48	GS 191, HQG 14, GtG 148	Element rune	Original – Nakala Current – Subere
p	Plant		RQG 15	GS 192, HQG 17, GtG 147	Form rune	Original & Current – Flamal
a	Law			S:KoH 71 & 162, GtG 149		Original & Current – Invisible God
s	Movement		RQG 50	GS 192, HQG 16, GtG 146	Power rune	Original – Larnste Current – Mastakos
d	Dragon			GtG 149	Deity Rune Godunya	Original – Cosmic Dragon Current – Godunya
f	Lightbringers			HM 186	Deity rune. AKA The Orlanthi Religion
g	Air		RQG 49	GS 192, HQG 15, GtG 148	Element rune AKA Storm	Original – Umath Current – Orlanth
h	Communication			GS 193, HQG 18	Combination rune – Air & Harmony. AKA Trade	Issaries
j	Disorder		RQG 50	GS 192, HQG 16, GtG 146	Power rune	Original – Ratslaf Current – Bolongo
k	Shargash			HQ2 120, GRoY 58	Deity rune
l	Harmony		RQG 50	GS 192, HQG 16, GtG 146	Power rune	Original – Harana Ilor Current – Chalana Arroy
x	Fertility		RQG 50	GS 192, HQG 16, GtG 146	Power rune AKA Life	Original & Current – Uleria
c	Stasis		RQG 50	GS 192, HQG 16, GtG 146	Power rune	Original – Acos Current – Mostal
b	Spirit		RQG 15	GS 193, HQG 17, GtG 147	Form rune	Original & Current – Horned Man
n	Horse				Beast sub-rune
,	Man		RQG 50	GS 193, HQG 17, GtG 147	Form rune	Original & Current – Grandfather Mortal
.	Fire/Sky		RQG 48	GS 191, HQG 15, GtG 148	Element rune	Original – Aether Current – Yelm
/	Moon		RQG 49	GS 192, HQG 15, GtG 148	Element rune, Condition rune	Original – unknown Current – Red Goddess
W	Mastery		RQG 15	GS 193, HQG 18, GtG 149	Condition rune	Original – unknown Current – Arachne Solara
E	Heler			HM 186	Deity rune Heler
R	Magic		RQG 15	GS 193, HQG 18, GtG 149	Condition rune	Original – unknown Current – Arachne Solara
Y	Yinkin			S:KoH 180	Deity rune
I	God / Divine World				included for date notation for Godsday
O	Light			P:GtA 381, GtG 149	Fire/Sky sub-rune	Original – no one Current – no one
P	Pamalt			GtG 149	Deity rune AKA Power rune	Original – unknown Current – Pamalt
A	Dragonewt		RQG 15	GS 193, HQG 17, GtG 147	Form rune	Original – Cosmic Dragon Current – Dragonewts
S	Infinity		RQG 15	GS 193, HQG 18, GtG 149	Condition rune	Original – Glorantha Current – Arachne Solara
F	Barntar			HM 186	Deity rune
G	Sartar			S:KoH 290	Deity rune
H	Hell			HQ2 120
K	Luck		RQG 15	GS 193, HQG 18, GtG 149	Condition rune	Original – no one Current – no one
L	Heat			HQG 15	Fire/Sky sub-rune
X	Fate		RQG 15	GS 193, HQ2 120, GtG 149	Condition rune	Original – unknown Current – Arachne Solara
C	Bear			SC 279	Deity rune Beast sub-rune
V	Eternal Battle			HQG 18, GtG 149	Deity rune	Original – unknown Current – Storm Bull
B	Beast		RQG 50	GS 192, HQG 17, GtG 147	Form rune	Original & Current -Korgatsu
?	Chaos		RQG 15	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

Please note that the sources mentioned here supersede any previous writeups.

The sorcery techniques runes are crops from Jason Durall’s original drawings.

Sources

• 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.

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• The Origins of Writing
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