Masonic/Pigpen Cipher Font
Jeff Dege
Pigpen cipher?
Is there a TeX font, for it somewhere?
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Jim
> Anyone know the easiest way to typeset text in the symbols of the Masonic/
> Pigpen cipher?
>
> Is there a TeX font, for it somewhere?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigpen_cipher
I don't know of one but it looks like it would be very easy to make,
either with MetaPost (or another font tool) or with PS Tricks. Have
you tried one of those?
Jim
Jeff Dege
Not yet. You're right, of course. It would be pretty simple to do in
either MetaPost or in Metafont. (And since like most folks these days,
I'm using LaTeX to produce pdf output, MetaPost would be the more
appropriate choice.)
Thing is, I've never done anything with MetaPost and I haven't written
anything for Metafont in 15 years. So I figured I'd ask if anyone else
has already done it.
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Jellby
> You are talking about this?
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigpen_cipher
> I don't know of one but it looks like it would be very easy to make,
> either with MetaPost (or another font tool) or with PS Tricks. Have
> you tried one of those?
It should be pretty simple with tikz/pgf as well.
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Oliver Corff
: Anyone know the easiest way to typeset text in the symbols of the Masonic/
: Pigpen cipher?
: Is there a TeX font, for it somewhere?
Now there is. I just made a quick Metafont hack, no claim for beauty
etc. made. I uploaded it to CTAN a minute ago. My Metafont practise
became a bit rusty recently so this is not necessarily elegant code;
however, the characters look like those in the Wikipedia description.
Enjoy, or complain (depending on bugs, appearance, etc.)
Best regards,
Oliver.
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Dan
wrote:
> Jeff Dege <jd...@jdege.visi.com> wrote:
>
> : Anyone know the easiest way to typeset text in the symbols of the Masonic/
> : Pigpen cipher?
>
> : Is there a TeX font, for it somewhere?
>
> Now there is. I just made a quick Metafont hack, no claim for beauty
> etc. made. I uploaded it to CTAN a minute ago. My Metafont practise
> became a bit rusty recently so this is not necessarily elegant code;
> however, the characters look like those in the Wikipedia description.
>
> Enjoy, or complain (depending on bugs, appearance, etc.)
Filename? CTAN location?
Dan
Oliver Corff
: Filename? CTAN location?
Oops.
The filename is pigpen (or Pigpen, I forgot). When uploading yesterday
night I forgot to indicate a target location. I do hope the CTAN
maintainers will contact me about that matter. The process still is
not fully automated, is it?
Robin Fairbairns
>Dan <luec...@uark.edu> wrote:
>
>: Filename? CTAN location?
>
>Oops.
i didn't even notice it wasn't there. send mail to ct...@dante.de
... giving us a fonts/ address (fonts/pigpen?)
>The filename is pigpen (or Pigpen, I forgot). When uploading yesterday
>night I forgot to indicate a target location. I do hope the CTAN
>maintainers will contact me about that matter. The process still is
>not fully automated, is it?
just as well it isn't ... given the amount of crud we have to throw
away (not to mention the attempted hacks).
one particular half-wit tried a dos attack on cam.ctan recently, with
an application that squirted the same 7-octet line of rubbish at
/incoming until the directory ran out of quota. such wit!
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Jim
wrote:
> I do hope the CTAN
> maintainers will contact me about that matter. The process still is
> not fully automated, is it?
for the process to takes a day, maybe two (it is after all a cross-
timezone conversation, on the weekend) but the material should be in
place in not too long. I think /fonts/pigpen is probably where it
will go.
Jim
Oliver Corff
: I've contacted Oliver about the upload he sent. It would be typical
: for the process to takes a day, maybe two (it is after all a cross-
: timezone conversation, on the weekend) but the material should be in
: place in not too long. I think /fonts/pigpen is probably where it
: will go.
Without even checking my mail inbox I took the liberty to refine the
glyphs a little bit, to generate a type1 outline, to improve the
documentation---this time (a minute ago) I uploaded it, indicating
fonts/pigpen as the preferred target directory.
Thank you all for your patience,
Oliver Corff
: I've contacted Oliver about the upload he sent. It would be typical
: for the process to takes a day, maybe two (it is after all a cross-
: timezone conversation, on the weekend) but the material should be in
: place in not too long. I think /fonts/pigpen is probably where it
: will go.
You've got mail. I also wrote a small readme.
Thanks and best regards,
Jeff Dege
> Among other things, Jim saw fit to write:
>
>> You are talking about this?
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigpen_cipher
>> I don't know of one but it looks like it would be very easy to make,
>> either with MetaPost (or another font tool) or with PS Tricks. Have
>> you tried one of those?
>
> It should be pretty simple with tikz/pgf as well.
I'm not looking for an image, I'm looking for something I can use to
typeset arbitrary text. Which is why I was asking for a font.
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funny..."
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Jeff Dege
> Jim <jim.he...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> : I've contacted Oliver about the upload he sent. It would be typical :
> for the process to takes a day, maybe two (it is after all a cross- :
> timezone conversation, on the weekend) but the material should be in :
> place in not too long. I think /fonts/pigpen is probably where it :
> will go.
>
> Without even checking my mail inbox I took the liberty to refine the
> glyphs a little bit, to generate a type1 outline, to improve the
> documentation---this time (a minute ago) I uploaded it, indicating
> fonts/pigpen as the preferred target directory.
And what do you know, Googling "CTAN pigpen" gives me a hit, already.
> Thank you all for your patience,
>
> Oliver.
Thanks. You've saved me a couple hours worth of work.
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