What is Elianscript? It’s an alternative writing system whose properties combine the linearity of spelling with the free-form nature of drawing.
It’s also kind of like a weak cipher, to those not in the know. Similar to a pigpen cipher, but instead of randomly jumbling the letters, we all agree to do it alphabetically. That way everyone IN the know, can read it. It’s a lock to keep out honest people.
This is quite niche, and some might say it should be part of a larger cryptography community. But really it’s more artistic than that, it’s not meant to be jumbled or rearranged to make it more cryptic.
Anywho, I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I do!
Sorry to be the buzzkill here but this is not encryption but obfuscation and can easily be broken by comparing letter frequencies, so don’t use this for anything more sensitive than your shopping list. This is not suitable for writing your next serial killer letters or a mysterious book about medicine that will stump scientists for centuries.
Still a really neat as a non-encrypted writing system though. I could see this in some sci-fi or fantasy media.
Edit: oh sorry, I missed that you mentioned it in the post body, I only read the title and then jumped directly to the explanation from your community’s sidebar.
That’s fair, wrong word used. The idea is that someone casually looking at it will not know how to read it.
Thanks 👍
The Voynich manuscript is such a fascinating thing.
Cool concept!
Thanks!
