realjhoo/random-rune

Randomly generate an elder futhark runestave

Random Rune

Generates a Random Elder Futhark Runestave

This app generates a random runestave from the Elder Futhark and displays a possible meaning that the user can take as a metaphysical message from the universe. All for fun.

Purpose

A quick project (that was temporarily waylaid by the lockdown) to practice CSS skills, work with HTML entities and implement a sleep function using a Promise. I also added an animated background using the P5 library, just to add visual interest... and to increase the metaphysical qualities of the UI.

Futhark English

The app's title and directions are shown in English, using the Elder Futhark. With a little practice, you should be able to read it quite easily.

Other Notes

Latin letters for the button and rune meaning are displayed using the Baloo Bhai 2 font, which is actually a Gujarati font that includes a Latin script. The space character in Baloo Bhai 2 is super narrow.

Fun fact

Guajatari and European DNA indicates that we split from a common group about 8,000 years ago.