Tironian notes (shorthand) in LaTeX

Question

I was wondering if it were possible to use Tironian notes in LaTeX, i.e. the shorthand introduced by Tiro (94 – 4 BC), as you can see in the following picture:

Is there a package to do this? Has anyone made this yet? Is there a specific font to insert these characters?

Answer 1

If you need just some signes, not all of them, get them as graphic files, jgp or png will suit best. I got one glyph as png and made it »reusable« with this code:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{xsavebox}
\usepackage{graphicx}

\xsavebox{termina}{\raisebox{-.6ex}{\includegraphics[width=1.3em]{termina}}}

\begin{document}

This Tironian sign \thetermina refers\\ to termination of words. It may be\\ used as
inline text. 

\end{document}

Which renders as this: