The first eleven consonants are distributed along the homerow and up. Nordic Rune SSi is based on the 24 character set used in Norse Runes. Turkish Rune SSi is based on the runic system adapted by the Turks. It is still used today by American Amish in their German language publications. All 6 columns of the syllabary are accessible through standard and shifted keystrokes on any extended keyboard.
Standard punctuation is used, such as commas and periods.
In this font, aspirated consonants are created by typing option- to get the dotted consonant. This is consistent with the Apple standard. Largely based on Greek characters, this alphabet was designed for use with Gothic - the first largely recognized Germanic language to emerge during the Dark Ages. It is derived from Cree. The kahako is a macron, a short, horizontal line that appears over some of the vowels in the graphic displayed above.