What direction does Latin read?

Latin reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Runic read?

Runic reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Latin have?

Latin has 1,492 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Runic have?

Runic has 86 characters in Unicode.

Latin vs Runic

Writing system comparison · ISO Latn vs ISO Runr

Latin is a Living Left-to-right script from European (1,492 Unicode characters) used by 515 languages. Runic is a Historical Left-to-right script from European (86 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. Both scripts read Left-to-right.

Latin

Hello World

Runic

ᚱᚢᚾᛁᚲ

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Latin	Runic
ISO Code	Latn	Runr
Direction	Left-to-right	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Historical
Region	European	European
Characters	1,492	86
Languages	515	1
Script Type	Alphabet	Alphabet
Descended From	Old Italic (Etruscan, Oscan, etc.)	Old Italic (Etruscan, Oscan, etc.)
Total Speakers	~2.2B	—
Introduced	700 CE	150 CE
Unicode Ranges	U+0041–U+007A U+00AA–U+00F6 U+00F8–U+01BA U+01BB–U+01C3 U+01C4–U+0293 U+0294–U+02AF U+02B0–U+02E4 U+1D00–U+1D77 U+1D79–U+1D9A U+1D9B–U+1DBE U+1E00–U+1EFF U+2071–U+209C U+212A–U+214E U+2160–U+2188 U+2C60–U+2C7F U+A722–U+A7FF U+AB30–U+AB69 U+FB00–U+FB06 U+FF21–U+FF5A U+10780–U+107BA U+1DF00–U+1DF2A	U+16A0–U+16F8