Junicode font for 16th century abbreviation (con-)

[Rocio]

Hi,

I m about to publish a printed edition of book in Spanish (printed in Venice around 1530).
I would be very grateful if you could help me find a font to represent the abbreviation for con- on the word contento in the following line (highlighted in the attachment):
"y de alli yr a dar cuenta a mi padre y hazer que sea contento que yo vaya otra vez en españa".

The three forms in one of the attachments represent the abbreviation con-, com-, co-, cou-, cu (as found in a book of palaeography).

The most similar font I have found is Junicode U+1D24 (attached). However, it is not exactly the same.

With many thanks and best wishes,
Rocío

[Peter Baker]

I suggest that you visit the Medieval Unicode Font Initiative page (https://folk.uib.no/hnooh/mufi/) and cast your eye over the fonts linked to there. But I'll also point out that the philosophy of Junicode is not to reproduce the exact form of any character: manuscripts and early printed books are way too diverse for that. Rather, Junicode tries to provide as generic a glyph as possible to represent the character, whihch may have been in use for a thousand years or more (for the distinction between glyphs and characters, see the Unicode glossary, https://www.unicode.org/glossary/). All fonts like Junicode do this, because it's the only practical thing to do. So I think it unlikely that you're going to find anything better than an approximation of what you want.

[Rocio]

Many thanks!
I found the ROMAN SEXTULA SIGN in the Medieval Unicode Font, which is also similar but not the same. Now I understand the concepts of character and glyph and will keep the Junicode font attached above.
Best wishes,
Rocío