In 1970 I reviewed the known Runic alphabets to produce a standardised form which could be used in communication.  As there were many forms - the Danish, Rok, Dotted, Anglo-Saxon c. 800, Anglo-Saxon c. 900 and the earliest known form, I adopted, wherever possible, the earliest rune.

Where no early rune existed, I was compelled to use the character which was most common to the other forms.  The exception to this rule was in the case of the letter 'v' where there was no equivalent in any Runic alphabet.  Here I decided upon the Cymreig use of the 'f' for the 'v' sound and the 'ff' for the non-vocalised dento-labial 'f' sound.  The two 'f's are joined by a bar to prevent ambiguity.  This seemed to me to be the logical Keltic answer to the problem.

As all letters with the exception of 'r' have no upper case form, I dispensed with the capital on account of its similarity with the modern letter.

Grudgingly I included 'c' in the system owing to the English language's extensive use of this letter in preference to the letter 'k'.

As the use of diphthongs is limited in modern English - those found usually in imported words from foreign sources such as Latin, I decided to omit their forms in this standardisation.  The double consonants, however, i.e. 'ng', 'st' & 'th', have been retained on account of their far greater general use.

This standardisation was presented at that time to many traditional groups and was indeed published in one magazine devoted to the British Mysteries in the mid 1970s.  There was a fairly general acceptance of the system thereafter but whether this has been maintained I know not.

Here, then, is the standardised version of the Runic alphabet described:-
 
 

a	b	c	d	e
f	g	h	i	j
k	l	m	n	o
p	q	r	s	t
u	v	w	x	y
z		ng	st	th

In writing, the sign : is usually placed between words to separate each in the text.   This appeared standard in Runic texts inscribed upon standing stones.