Runes and their representation

From: Zachary Kline <zkline_at_zqt6PWui_GiJjA0Pi-fPQv57vlHJEgygZQLJdMv02rmZ8vBE48yJI3g6ySwR8E22wZd76>
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:40:53 -0700

Hi All,
In my reading of Gloranthan material thus far, which has consisted mainly of the Hero Quest second edition rules and Sartar: Kingdom of Hero's, I've noticed a lot of runes showing up. These seem to be depicted by use of letters, and I was curious if this was because of the way the letters look visually? As a blind person, I find it a bit strange to see "w" and think "mastery rune", when I have no idea what a W actually looks like. I know its appearance in Braille, but that is of no relation whatsoever to its printed form. In all honesty it throws me off a bit. So I was just curious about how this all worked? For my own use, I'd rather just know that someone had the "mastery rune", and not care about the shape of the representation. I'd probably lose in conciseness this way, but gain in clarity. THoughts? This is coming from the perspective of someone who has yet to play in any Gloranthan game, aside from King of Dragon Pass by proxy. I'd love to, though… Yours,
Zack.