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Java version.\n\nIncludes transformers for four main runic alphabets:\n\n- Elder Futhark\n- Younger Futhark\n- Medieval Futhork\n- Futhorc (Anglo-Frisian runes)\n\n## Install\n\nAs Maven dependency.\n\n```xml\n\u003cdependency\u003e\n  \u003cgroupId\u003eio.github.stscoundrel\u003c/groupId\u003e\n  \u003cartifactId\u003eriimut\u003c/artifactId\u003e\n  \u003cversion\u003e0.5.0\u003c/version\u003e \u003c!-- Note! Check latest release number --\u003e\n\u003c/dependency\u003e\n```\n\nFor alternative install methods, see the [Maven Central Repo](https://search.maven.org/artifact/io.github.stscoundrel/riimut)\n\n### Usage\n\nText to runes:\n```java\n// Ships four runic dialects under Riimut namespace.\nimport io.github.stscoundrel.riimut.dialects.YoungerFuthark;\nimport io.github.stscoundrel.riimut.dialects.ElderFuthark;\nimport io.github.stscoundrel.riimut.dialects.MedievalFuthork;\nimport io.github.stscoundrel.riimut.dialects.Futhorc;\n\n// They all implement common \"Dialect\" interface \nimport io.github.stscoundrel.riimut.dialects.Dialect;\n\nDialect youngerFuthark = new YoungerFuthark();\nDialect elderFuthark = new ElderFuthark();\nDialect medievalFuthork = new MedievalFuthork();\nDialect futhorc = new Futhorc();\n\n// From Old Groms runestone.\nString content = \"auk tani karþi kristna\";\nString result1 = youngerFuthark.lettersToRunes(content);\nSystem.out.println(result1); // ᛅᚢᚴ:ᛏᛅᚾᛁ:ᚴᛅᚱᚦᛁ:ᚴᚱᛁᛋᛏᚾᛅ\n\n// From 4th century axe in Jutland\nString content = \"wagagastiz alu wihgu sikijaz aiþalataz\";\nString result2 = elderFuthark.lettersToRunes(content);\nSystem.out.println(result2); // ᚹᚨᚷᚨᚷᚨᛋᛏᛁᛉ:ᚨᛚᚢ:ᚹᛁᚻᚷᚢ:ᛋᛁᚲᛁᛃᚨᛉ:ᚨᛁᚦᚨᛚᚨᛏᚨᛉ\n\n// From Lord's Prayer, in Old Norse.\nString content = \"Faðer uor som ast i himlüm, halgað warðe þit nama\";\nString result3 = medievalFuthork.lettersToRunes(content);\nSystem.out.println(result3); // ᚠᛆᚦᚽᚱ:ᚢᚮᚱ:ᛋᚮᛘ:ᛆᛋᛏ:ᛁ:ᚼᛁᛘᛚᚢᛘ,:ᚼᛆᛚᚵᛆᚦ:ᚠᛆᚱᚦᚽ:ᚦᛁᛏ:ᚿᛆᛘᛆ\n\n// From 8th century Franks Casket, in late West Saxon.\nString content = \"fisc.flodu.ahofonferg | enberig |\";\nString result4 = futhorc.lettersToRunes(content);\nSystem.out.println(result4); // ᚠᛁᛋᚳ.ᚠᛚᚩᛞᚢ.ᚪᚻᚩᚠᚩᚾᚠᛖᚱᚷ:|:ᛖᚾᛒᛖᚱᛁᚷ:|\n\n```\n\nRunes to text:\n```java\n\n// All four dialects contain runesToLetters method.\nimport io.github.stscoundrel.riimut.dialects.YoungerFuthark;\n\nYoungerFuthark youngerFuthark = new YoungerFuthark();\nString runicText = \"ᛅᚢᚴ:ᛏᛅᚾᛁ:ᚴᛅᚱᚦᛁ:ᚴᚱᛁᛋᛏᚾᛅ\";\nString latinText = youngerFuthark.runesToLetters(runicText);\n\nSystem.out.println(latinText); // \"auk tani karþi kristna\"\n\n```\n\n#### Rune variants in Younger Futhark\n\nYounger Futhark comes with long branch (Danish) and short twig (Norwegian \u0026 Swedish) variants.\n```java\n\nimport io.github.stscoundrel.riimut.dialects.YoungerFuthark;\n\nString letters = \"aábcdðeéfghiíjklmnoópqrstþuúvwxyýzåäæöøǫþ\";\nYoungerFuthark youngerFuthark = new YoungerFuthark();\n\n// Comes with named methods per style.\nString longBranch = youngerFuthark.lettersToLongBranchRunes(letters)\nString shortTwig = youngerFuthark.lettersToShortTwigRunes(letters)\n\nSystem.out.println(longBranch); // ᛅᛅᛒᛋᛏᚦᛁᛁᚠᚴᚼᛁᛁᛁᚴᛚᛘᚾᚢᚢᛒᚴᚱᛋᛏᚦᚢᚢᚢᚢᛋᚢᚢᛋᚢᛅᛅᚢᚢᚢᚦ\"\nSystem.out.println(shortTwig); // ᛆᛆᛒᛌᛐᚦᛁᛁᚠᚴᚽᛁᛁᛁᚴᛚᛘᚿᚢᚢᛒᚴᚱᛌᛐᚦᚢᚢᚢᚢᛌᚢᚢᛌᚢᛆᛆᚢᚢᚢᚦ\n\n// Instance can also be created with default style. Then lettersToRunes will use that style.\nYoungerFuthark youngerFutharkLongBranch = new YoungerFuthark(YoungerFuthark.Variant.LONG_BRANCH);\nYoungerFuthark youngerFutharkShortTwig = new YoungerFuthark(YoungerFuthark.Variant.SHORT_TWIG);\n\n// Or you can switch the style of instance at will.\nyoungerFutharkLongBranch.useShortTwig();\nyoungerFutharkShortTwig.useLongBranch();\n\n```\n\nThere is also a \"staveless\" variant of Younger Futhark. However, staveless runes are less trivial to display without custom fonts, so some inscriptions may not be perfect a match. IN lieu of proper runic unicode, they are other characters that have similar shape. For example, the more dot-like notations use braille unicode. 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