Cryptograms

Originally posted by @lemon-lime
Don't have a cipher font, but I found a site that has cryptograms to solve. Not able to cut and paste the puzzles so must copy the cryptos by hand...

https://www.cryptograms.org/play.php

Using this link brings up a warning from Google Chrome about security problems.

Originally posted by @handyandy
Using this link brings up a warning from Google Chrome about security problems.

I think I goofed up the link. This is what shows at the top of the page...

http://www.cryptograms.org

To get another cryptogram I need to leave the site and come back again... there's undoubtedly a better way of doing this, but for now I'll be 'flying by the seat of my pants'.

This time I'll include the source... after a fashion... in a way... a sneaky way.

MJU • VZYU • DFB... ZX • JU • VKROW • OZCU • FM • EUFQU • VZMJ • KMJUGY, JU • VZOO • PUFG • FBW • XKGPUFG.

~ YFDRUO • YDZOUY


😀

MJU • VZYU • DFB... ZX • JU • VKROW • OZCU • FM • EUFQU • VZMJ • KMJUGY,
the wise man... if he would live at peace with others,


JU • VZOO • PUFG • FBW • XKGPUFG.
he will bear and forbear.


~ YFDRUO • YDZOUY
samuel smiles

This would be neater with a fixed-length font.

Originally posted by @lemon-lime
I think I goofed up the link. This is what shows at the top of the page...

http://www.cryptograms.org

To get another cryptogram I need to leave the site and come back again... there's undoubtedly a better way of doing this, but for now I'll be 'flying by the seat of my pants'.

PLAY button in the top menu bar.

N C K Y L R Q * R X S K L K Y K * S X Y * L S * O Q L S F * S Q C Y U G P * O Q Y A Q Q S * U L F W Y * G S E * A U X S F , * O C Y * L S * B L S E L S F * X C Y * Y W Q * U L F W Y * G S E * C M W X P E L S F * L Y , * A W Q U Q D Q U * B X C S E * G F G L S K Y * Y W Q * A U X S F .

~ Theodore Roosevelt

Originally posted by @kewpie
N C K Y L R Q * R X S K L K Y K * S X Y * L S * O Q L S F * S Q C Y U G P * O Q Y A Q Q S * U L F W Y * G S E * A U X S F , * O C Y * L S * B L S E L S F * X C Y * Y W Q * U L F W Y * G S E * C M W X P E L S F * L Y , * A W Q U Q D Q U * B X C S E * G F G L S K Y * Y W Q * A U X S F .

~ Theodore Roosevelt

This is addicting...
I'll hold off giving the answer until later today, and let someone else take a shot at it.

N • YFXO • QBU • JB • TGYI • PIFU • N • FT • NQ • UIO • BLNQNBQ • BA • BUIOXJ, • FJ • PIFU • N • FT • NQ • TS • BPQ; • N • PBGCW • MO • XNYI • BA • TSJOCA • FQW • QBU • MS • MBXXBPNQH.

~ TNYIOC • WO • TBQUFNHQO

N • YFXO • QBU • JB • TGYI • PIFU • N • FT • NQ • UIO • BLNQNBQ • BA • BUIOXJ, • FJ • PIFU • N • FT • NQ • TS • I care not so much what I am in the opinion of others, as what i am in my

BPQ; • N • PBGCW • MO • XNYI • BA • TSJOCA • FQW • QBU • MS • MBXXBPNQH.
own; I would be rich of myself and not by borrowing.

~ TNYIOC • WO • TBQUFNHQO
michel de montaigne

I don't really understand all this stuff.I assume you're supposed to work out what other letter each letter represents but it's obviously not just moving along the alphabet line i.e a = f b= g c=h etc.
For the record this weeks word thing in my paper isn't really suitable for the site.It's English football.

Originally posted by @venda
I don't really understand all this stuff.I assume you're supposed to work out what other letter each letter represents but it's obviously not just moving along the alphabet line i.e a = f b= g c=h etc.
For the record this weeks word thing in my paper isn't really suitable for the site.It's English football.

Solving basically involves a combination of reasoning and guesswork. A single letter for example must either be the word 'I' or 'A'. There are other clues to look for but Kewpie is the one to talk to about clues... I posted one I managed to solve (after many failed attempts) and she quicky solved it. I'm working on two cryptograms right now that I'm having trouble with... if I can't solve them then I'll post them here so that Kewpie can work her magic.

Edit: I like cryptograms because of what you don't need for solving them. Solving doesn't require any specialized knowlege (i.e. English football). All it takes is an adequate vocabulary, and a sense of how words are strung together... and what clues to look for.
I'm still a novice when it comes to knowing all the clues to look for.

I've been doing these for many years, so I've picked up a few ideas. This is worth a read:
http://www.cryptograms.org/tutorial.php

I usually start with 1-letter and 3-letter words, then repeated letters in a word.

Originally posted by @lemon-lime
Solving basically involves a combination of reasoning and guesswork. A single letter for example must either be the word 'I' or 'A'.

Also, if one letter is noticably more common than the others it's very probably E.

Originally posted by @lemon-lime
Solving basically involves a combination of reasoning and guesswork. A single letter for example must either be the word 'I' or 'A'. There are other clues to look for but Kewpie is the one to talk to about clues... I posted one I managed to solve (after many failed attempts) and she quicky solved it. I'm working on two cryptograms right now that I'm hav ...[text shortened]... what clues to look for.
I'm still a novice when it comes to knowing all the clues to look for.

I see.It's a bit like the code words you see in the newspapers where each number represents a letter.For example you can look at the most frequent numbers ,where they are in the crossword and assume a frequently occuring number represents an "e" and go on from there.Also double letters are a clue e.g if there's two consecutive numbers the letter is not going to be a J or an X