Just a short note to let you know that Cipher Mysteries’ website’ comment facility is (hopefully) now working again. I had configured it to use an anti-spam WordPress plugin called Mollom, which had its support withdrawn on 2nd April 2018: and so since then all comments to the site had been mysteriously rejected. Thanks to Mark, Rene and others for flagging this issue to me.
More generally, since early least month I’ve been tied up trying to resolve a number of non-crypto (i.e. real-life) issues, so please accept my apologies if you have found both the website and me to have been less responsive than normal. =:-o
Pameo Pose’s Voynich apparel
In the meantime, here is a selection of Voynich apparel from Japanese company Pameo Pose.
Firstly, a Voynich EVA ‘P’ themed beret, which comes in cream and tan (though both variants are sold out). Note that they have chosen the crossed-through single leg gallows from the EVA alphabet, which (of course) means that the ‘c’ and ‘h’ either side are missing:
Secondly, a Voynich lace collar, though I guess you would only be able to tell that it is EVA close-up. It also comes in two colours, and is sold out (I prefer the funky ear-rings, myself):
Thirdly, a Voynich lace dress, a snip at 33480 yen:
Finally (and my favourite of the lot) is the Voynich dance team top, which uses the well-formed EVA ‘cPh’ as its logo:
Almost there, Nick ! In the meantime, I visited our local roller-skating rink (for the second time this month). Wowee ! They now have 5 – 10 year old children doing the limbo — on roller skates — at incredible speeds. Oh, I have fun skating for the first time in fifty years !
Nope! No more limbo for me. (Not on skates, anyway! )
My husband recently has visited, on my computer. So, let doggo know that all is
1-nce again somewhat comprehensible .
Been expecting Liber de Angelis planets comparison. Bamboozled again.
Nick: Why is the character written ‘cPh’?
When ‘c4sc’ seems a better way of writing it?
s = “_P” style character
There is no good letter in the alphabet that corresponds closely with the “_P” style character, so I have choosen to use ‘s’ as this appears to be the most similar.
‘4’ corresponds to the letter 4 with its angular shape as opposed to the letter q with its much more curved shape.
Mark: the EVA letters weren’t chosen to exactly match the Voynichese letter shapes, but to facilitate transcription and hence aid productive communication between researchers all of whom had different ideas about what a ‘perfect’ transcription should look like. Creating your own transcription is almost exactly what they were trying to avoid, if that’s any help. :-/
Nick: Thanks for that; it makes sense.
Glad you are back up and running with regards to comments!
On the garments, I also like the pajamas, even when sold as dance team top.
The shoes to be worn with it are an absolute no-go though. Even if E.L.V. may just have worn such in real life.
In case others need to know – since Landini developed EVA and Rene adapted it for computer use – who should be contacted for permission and are royalties involved?
What really satisfies my bump of curiousity is this:
Do you know that one of my sons participated in the development of the huge discs which were to evolve into internet communications? My son was one of the first teachers to introduce his students to the Internet. First ‘discs’ were about ten inches across and about an inch thick. Shiny rainbows on the discs. When I showed my boss , City Clerk — Helen Jackson — those discs which were being shown by the inventors, she was very quickly on the alert — and the possibility of almost instantaneous transfer of information.
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D.N.O’Donovan asked: “In case others need to know – since Landini developed EVA and Rene adapted it for computer use – who should be contacted for permission and are royalties involved?”
In most countries fonts/typefaces are not copyrightable.
The process of mapping a font to a keyboard might be patentable but, if so, it was done long ago (in the days of teletype machines and even earlier, on typewriters) and the patents have probably expired by now.