A Cipher Thought Experiment
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Hi, folks.
I just created an account here, so I don't know if anyone has done something similar to this before (also, let me know if this is the appropriate place to put this post). I just did a little experiment to create a cipher with only 13 glyphs and restrictive positional variation. I intend this as a fun exercise to see what kind of cipher I would come up with given these restrictions. I am including the cipher text in this post with no indication of how the cipher works, the language it is written in, or what the text itself says. I will tell you what languages I know: English (naturally), Latin, Ancient Greek, and Ancient Egyptian. Apologies if there are any errors. I tried my best to make it as clean as possible. Note that | indicates a line break. It isn't intended as a glyph. The glyphs used are G, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, /, +, and 4.

GTMOLRR/O MTNO/S NO/S LO TMO/ST OMP 4TO 4POLO/SNOLPNOLRNO/TGS OMP 4TNO/S KOLTMO NO KLONR LOR/RMOLOTGS SMOO GT/OGK MTNO/S KRMOLO/TMO/S SOMRO | NPMO/RGS LR/OGR GK/ORLT/S NO LOMR ONRLRGS LT/ONOGR MTNO/S MP/OR MPGONR 4O GT/OPMO GS/OGO TRMOLO/T MTNO/S LO/S MPGONR+ | 4OMP GS/OGO 4TLONPMO LOR/RMOLOTGS LPMOONR LOPRMO TO KRLO/KK MTNO/S KOLTMO MTONR NO LOMR LO MP/OOLR KOMR/PLO/RMOLT TO MTO | KLRMONPMO/R SKRNOLPMO GKT/O GK/ROTMO MTO NP/OGSNRO/TMS MRLONRGO/SKRNO/PT MTLO/T GK/OGOLRTNR/T SGO/RPRNO/SMO 4RO | MTO/RMO LO/RMO SMRLO/RT PMO/OPLRMO GTMO/RMO

I will come back with the solution in a few days if no one solves it. I won't indicate if someone is on the right track. But if someone is able to crack it, I'll respond. I hope someone solves it! Big Grin
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A Cipher Thought Experiment - by trajan117 - 21-03-2025, 02:37 AM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by nablator - 21-03-2025, 10:11 AM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by trajan117 - 21-03-2025, 01:49 PM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by oshfdk - 21-03-2025, 11:08 PM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by oshfdk - 21-03-2025, 10:18 AM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by Rafal - 21-03-2025, 12:51 PM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by RobGea - 21-03-2025, 01:01 PM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by Koen G - 21-03-2025, 01:26 PM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by nablator - 21-03-2025, 02:10 PM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by trajan117 - 21-03-2025, 07:03 PM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by Koen G - 21-03-2025, 09:21 PM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by nablator - 21-03-2025, 10:52 PM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by trajan117 - 21-03-2025, 06:02 PM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by oshfdk - 22-03-2025, 12:09 AM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by oshfdk - 22-03-2025, 12:30 AM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by nablator - 22-03-2025, 04:50 PM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by oshfdk - 22-03-2025, 04:52 PM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by oshfdk - 22-03-2025, 04:56 PM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by nablator - 23-03-2025, 06:21 PM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by RobGea - 22-03-2025, 06:10 PM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by asteckley - 22-03-2025, 11:12 PM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by oshfdk - 23-03-2025, 11:17 AM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by nablator - 23-03-2025, 11:25 AM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by oshfdk - 23-03-2025, 11:45 AM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by nablator - 23-03-2025, 11:49 AM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by oshfdk - 23-03-2025, 01:59 PM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by asteckley - 23-03-2025, 03:41 PM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by oshfdk - 23-03-2025, 04:01 PM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by asteckley - 23-03-2025, 04:16 PM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by nablator - 23-03-2025, 03:50 PM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by ReneZ - 23-03-2025, 12:02 PM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by oshfdk - 23-03-2025, 07:43 PM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by oshfdk - 24-03-2025, 10:14 AM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by nablator - 24-03-2025, 10:33 AM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by Ruby Novacna - 24-03-2025, 12:15 PM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by nablator - 24-03-2025, 12:36 PM
RE: A Cipher Thought Experiment - by oshfdk - 24-03-2025, 11:26 AM

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