Writing & Scripts

Two Tongues, One Soul: The Hindi-Urdu Divide

While speakers from Delhi and Lahore can converse with ease, their national languages, Hindi and Urdu, are officially distinct. This…

7 days ago

The Deafblind Alphabet: Tadoma and Lorm

How do you communicate when you can neither see nor hear? This post explores the incredible world of deafblind communication,…

7 days ago

The Forger’s Bane: What is Stylometry?

Did you know your writing style is as unique as a fingerprint? Stylometry is the fascinating science of statistically analyzing…

1 week ago

Japan’s ‘Hentaigana’: The Lost Characters

Before Japanese script was standardized in 1900, writers used a vast and beautiful array of variant cursive characters known as…

1 week ago

The Book cipher: Hiding Secrets in Plain Text

Discover the book cipher, a fascinating method of hiding messages in plain sight using an ordinary book as the secret…

2 weeks ago

Homophonic Substitution: Beating Frequency Analysis

Discover the homophonic substitution cipher, a clever cryptographic method designed to thwart simple code-breaking. By assigning multiple symbols to common…

2 weeks ago

Bacon’s Cipher: The Binary of Typography

Imagine a secret message hidden not in the words you read, but in the very shape of the letters themselves.…

2 weeks ago

The Beale Ciphers: A Treasure Map in Code

Dive into the legendary tale of the Beale Ciphers, a set of three encrypted messages that promise a fortune in…

2 weeks ago

The Cardan Grille: A Mask for Words

Imagine a secret message hidden in plain sight, concealed within a perfectly ordinary letter. The Cardan grille, a simple sheet…

2 weeks ago

Gematria: The Hebrew Word-Number Cipher

Discover Gematria, the ancient Hebrew practice of finding hidden meaning by assigning numerical values to letters. More than a simple…

2 weeks ago

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