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+\hypertarget{aboutj}{}\chapter{About Junicode}
+
+{\large%
+\noindent Junicode is modeled on the Pica Roman type
+purchased by Oxford University in 1692 and
+used to set the bulk of the Latin text of George Hickes,
+{\itshape Linguarum vett. septentrionalium thesaurus
+grammatico-criticus et archaeologicus} (Oxford, 1703–5). This massive two-volume folio
+is not only a major work of scholarship on the languages and literatures
+of northern Europe in the Middle Ages, but also a fine
+example of the work of the Oxford Press at this
+period: printed in multiple types (for every language had to
+have its proper type) and lavishly
+illustrated with engravings of manuscript pages, coins and
+artifacts.
+
+Junicode also includes two other typefaces from the \textit{Thesaurus}:
+Pica Saxon, used to set passages in the Old English language,
+and a typeface reproducing the Gothic alphabet (“Gothic” here
+being not the late medieval style, but rather
+the earliest extensively attested Germanic language).
+These were commissioned by the literary scholar
+Francis\-cus Junius (1591–1677) and bequeathed by him to
+the University. Examples of all these typefaces can be found
+in {\itshape A Specimen of the
+Several Sorts of Letter Given to the University by Dr. John Fell,
+Sometime Lord Bishop of Oxford. To Which Is Added the Letter Given by
+Mr. F. Junius} (Oxford, 1693).
+
+Junicode has two distinct Greek faces. The first, newly designed to harmonize with the roman face, is
+up\-right and modern. The other, accompanying the italic face, is based on type designed by Alexander
+Wilson (1714–86) of Glasgow and used in numerous books published by
+the Foulis Press, most notably the great Glasgow Homer of 1756–58.
+
+The Junicode project began around 1998, when the developer began to revise his
+older (early 1990s) “Junius” fonts for medievalists to take account of the Unicode
+standard, then relatively new. The font’s name, a contraction of
+“Junius Unicode,” was supposed to be a stopgap, serving until a more suitable name
+could be found, but “Junicode” quickly stuck, and it is now so well known that it can’t be
+changed.\footnote{\ An effort to change the name to “JuniusX” produced
+only confusion. If you find a font by the name JuniusX on a free font site,
+that is nothing more than an early version of Junicode 2.}
+The project has been active for its entire history, responding to frequent
+requests from users and changes in font technology; a particular focus of
+recent versions of Junicode (numbered 2.000 and higher) is the promotion of best practices in the presentation
+of medieval texts, especially in
+the area of accessibility. This aspect of the font is explored in the
+Introduction to the Feature Reference.
+
+}
+\pagestyle{fancy}
+\fancyhead[CE]{\scshape\color{myRed} {\addfontfeatures{Numbers=OldStyle}\thepage}\hspace{10pt}%
+\addfontfeature{Letters=UppercaseSmallCaps}\leftmark}
+\fancyhead[CO]{\scshape\color{myRed} {junicode}\hspace{10pt}{\addfontfeatures{Numbers=OldStyle}\thepage}}