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Uncial

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Uncial-like font families which are both free (but, alas, not flexible) include:

Website Developer Notes

A font marked with a checkmark (‘ ✓’) is recommended.

Only use so-called ‘free’ fonts if the fonts are free for commercial use.

Note that downloadable web fonts can’t be created from all fonts.

Only use a great classic font which is clear and legible in display media. Note: be especially careful of serif fonts, which are often less legible than sans-serif fonts in body text.

You may not charge for a free font, and you may not sell it, but you may bun­dle it with a website you deliver.

Fantasy text here says that the sample‘s font isn‘t installed.

This tries to list fonts with weights 400, 600, 700, and either 800 or 900. Fonts lacking these weights are inflexible for body text; fonts lacking bold and a heavier weight can be especially inflexible for header text unless the regular font itself is heavy. Exception: intricate heavy fonts are adequate with only 1 weight.

Other uncial fonts are offered by FontSpace.

Note: for-pay fonts often offer more glyphs.

Caution: uncial fonts may have limited character sets; make sure your font has all the characters you need.

Caution: uncial fonts may work best at large font sizes.

Recommended

I recommend Uncial Antiqua: it’s robust and legible.

Comparisons

The fonts compared, at sizes φ3, φ2, and φ1 ems:

American Uncial Normal

Merry Christmas

Happy New Year

And Best Wishes to All

Celtica

Merry Christmas

Happy New Year

And Best Wishes to All

Dalelands Uncial

Merry Christmas

Happy New Year

And Best Wishes to All

Roman Uncial Modern

Merry Christmas

Happy New Year

And Best Wishes to All

Stonehenge

Merry Christmas

Happy New Year

And Best Wishes to All

Uncial Antiqua ✓

Merry Christmas

Happy New Year

And Best Wishes to All

American-Uncial-Normal 

This font comes in 1 weight: Regular. All alphabetic glyphs are lowercase.

Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'american-uncial-normal', serif;

American-Uncial-Normal
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1.38emABCDEFGHIJKLM​NOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdef​ghijklm​nopqrst​uvwxyz 01234​56789 !@$%^&​()[]{}<>?

1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLM​NOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdef​ghijklm​nopqrst​uvwxyz 01234​56789 !@$%^&​()[]{}<>?

2.62emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

3.61emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

4.96emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

Celtica 

This font family comes in 2 weights: Regular & Bold.

Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'Celtica', serif;

Celtica
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1.38emABCDEFGHIJKLM​NOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdef​ghijklm​nopqrst​uvwxyz 01234​56789 !@$%^&​()[]{}<>?

1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLM​NOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdef​ghijklm​nopqrst​uvwxyz 01234​56789 !@$%^&​()[]{}<>?

2.62emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

3.61emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

4.96emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

Dalelands Uncial 

This font family comes in 2 weights: Regular and Bold. This also comes in a condensed version, also in 2 weights.

Note: this font is unusually legible.

Dalelands Uncial
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Normal Width 

Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'Dalelands Uncial', serif;

1.38emABCDEFGHIJKLM​NOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdef​ghijklm​nopqrst​uvwxyz 01234​56789 !@$%^&​()[]{}<>?

1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLM​NOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdef​ghijklm​nopqrst​uvwxyz 01234​56789 !@$%^&​()[]{}<>?

2.62emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

3.61emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

4.96emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

Dalelands Uncial
Condensed
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Condensed Width 

Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'Dalelands Uncial Condensed', 'Dalelands Uncial', serif; font-stretch:condensed;

1.38emABCDEFGHIJKLM​NOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdef​ghijklm​nopqrst​uvwxyz 01234​56789 !@$%^&​()[]{}<>?

1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLM​NOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdef​ghijklm​nopqrst​uvwxyz 01234​56789 !@$%^&​()[]{}<>?

2.62emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

3.61emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

4.96emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

Roman Uncial Modern 

This font comes in 1 weight: Regular. Note: it has a very limited character set.

Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'RomanUncialModern', serif;

Roman Uncial Modern
Condensed
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1.38emABCDEFGHIJKLM​NOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdef​ghijklm​nopqrst​uvwxyz 01234​56789 !@$%^&​()[]{}<>?

1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLM​NOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdef​ghijklm​nopqrst​uvwxyz 01234​56789 !@$%^&​()[]{}<>?

2.62emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

3.61emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

4.96emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

Stonehenge 

This font comes in 1 weight: Regular. Note: it has a very limited character set.

Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'Stonehenge', serif;

Stonehenge
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1.38emABCDEFGHIJKLM​NOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdef​ghijklm​nopqrst​uvwxyz 01234​56789 !@$%^&​()[]{}<>?

1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLM​NOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdef​ghijklm​nopqrst​uvwxyz 01234​56789 !@$%^&​()[]{}<>?

2.62emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

3.61emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

4.96emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

Uncial Antiqua ✓

This font comes in 1 weight: Regular.

Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'Uncial Antiqua', serif;

Uncial Antiqua
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1.38emABCDEFGHIJKLM​NOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdef​ghijklm​nopqrst​uvwxyz 01234​56789 !@$%^&​()[]{}<>?

1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLM​NOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdef​ghijklm​nopqrst​uvwxyz 01234​56789 !@$%^&​()[]{}<>?

2.62emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

3.61emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

4.96emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

 

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