Having found some books that use hentaigana (e.g. the
[古今琉歌集](http://archive.library.pref.okinawa.jp/?type=book&articleId=61200))
alongside standard hiragana and kanji, I've been trying to find a way to input
hentaigana characters into text files.

I've found [proposed
plans](https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/johokanri/58/6/58_438/_pdf) to add
hentaigana to unicode, but so far nothing has yet been implemented.

Are there any fonts available that contain special glyphs (perhaps in the
private use area?) or anything similar so that documents such as the one
linked above can be properly digitized?
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orthography hentaigana
Is there any way to input hentaigana into text documents?
It is possible, as other comments suggest, to purchase either the Koin変体仮名
fonts or the Mojikyo (文字鏡) suite for use in word-processing (Office Word,
TeX). Koin変体仮名 is also available for free but, obviously, not all the glyphs
are usable. As for Mojikyo, there seems to be a free version which can be
obtained as follows:

1) The fonts from <http://www.mojikyo.org/#TTF_download> : download one by
one, extract them as these are archived.

2) Go to
<https://tinyapps.org/blog/windows/201002130700_mojikyo_character_map.html>
where all the necessary instructions can be found (including step 1).

The drawback is that you can't just type in hiragana and expect Mojikyo
Character Map or your word processor to convert them into hentaigana. The
mapping issue might be one of the reasons a paid version exists. Hentaigana
inventory is also limited (although generous enough for most purposes, I
estimate there are more than 200 glyphs).

These two solutions appear to be the more easily found ones. So far I was
unable to find others. Lastly, even though I use the Character Map myself, I
think it necessary to add that by downloading and installing the files you
proceed at your own risk.
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There is now a Unicode roadmap towards implementing hentaigana in Unicode
10.0, which is, I assume, coming this year. It would not be long after the
standard is updated that fonts containing those characters will be added. The
actual kana added in the expansion are:

<http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/Unicode-10.0/U100-1B000.pdf>

<http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/Unicode-10.0/U100-1B100.pdf>

Those in gold are new: you'll see there's more than 250 of them! None of this
will have to be explicitly paid for, either.
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