Unicode Block - Todhri

Todhri is a historical Albanian script used primarily for writing the Tosk dialect, with its origins traced to the 18th or 19th century and traditionally attributed to the scribe Todhri Haxhifilipi from Elbasan. The script features a distinctive cursive style with letters that often connect in a flowing manner, and it was employed for personal correspondence, religious texts, and administrative notes, though it never gained widespread official use. Its encoded characters include both standalone and contextual letterforms, reflecting the script’s handwritten nature, along with a set of numerals and punctuation marks that align with its practical, everyday application. Today, the script is of significant interest to paleographers and historians of writing systems, as it represents a unique, independent development in the Balkan region.