17-09-2017, 09:18 PM
The majority of solutions proposed for the VMS are substitution codes for natural languages (with the most common choice being Latin, but with most other common languages like Czech, English, Italian, Greek, etc., also being proposed).
Many of these are one-to-one substitution codes, some are substitution codes that depend on expanding some of the glyphs (one-to-one substitution combined with one-to-many substitution). Recent examples of one-to-one combined with one-to-many include Lockerby and Gibbs (Latin).
A few have also suggested transposition codes (codes that include substitution, but also transposition of the letters, as with anagrams). Sherwood and others have suggested this.
I would like to restrict this poll to substitution codes that do not involve transpositions (in other words, this poll is not asking about solutions that involve changing relofw into flower). It's probably better to ask that as a separate question.
Many of these are one-to-one substitution codes, some are substitution codes that depend on expanding some of the glyphs (one-to-one substitution combined with one-to-many substitution). Recent examples of one-to-one combined with one-to-many include Lockerby and Gibbs (Latin).
A few have also suggested transposition codes (codes that include substitution, but also transposition of the letters, as with anagrams). Sherwood and others have suggested this.
I would like to restrict this poll to substitution codes that do not involve transpositions (in other words, this poll is not asking about solutions that involve changing relofw into flower). It's probably better to ask that as a separate question.