Auchinleck Font

There are special Middle English characters that may not display properly on this site. Web browsers other than Internet Explorer (version 5 and above), Netscape Navigator (version 6 and above) and Mozilla Firebird, or operating sysytems other than Microsoft Windows on PC may not display the font as intended. We are attempting to rectify this situation but meanwhile you may want to try downloading and installing the Auchinleck font in order to view the site fully.


Yogh (text character) Š If the text character is not the same as the graphic image, viewers can download and install the specially created Auchinleck font.
Yogh (graphic image of character) Yogh (image)

Download and install Auchinleck font (Windows)

  1. Download the Auchinleck font file > https://auchinleck.nls.uk/auchleck.TTF (40kb)
  2. To install it; select start > settings > control panel , or access the fonts folder C:\WINDOWS\FONTS via 'My Computer'.
  3. From the control panel select the fonts folder.
  4. Copy and paste, or drag and drop the auchleck.ttf file into the fonts folder.
  5. The font is now installed on your computer.

Download and install Auchinleck font (Mac)

  1. Download the Auchinleck font file > https://auchinleck.nls.uk/Auchinleck.bin (40kb).
  2. To install it, double click your hard drive and drag "Auchinleck.bin" directly onto the System Folder.
  3. The font is now installed on your computer.