If it was encoded in Unicode, it would use a single column and the encoding seems evident:
x0 = MASONIC SQUARE SPACE x1 = MASONIC SYMBOL A B OR ONE x2 = MASONIC SYMBOL C D OR TWO x3 = MASONIC SYMBOL E F OR THREE x4 = MASONIC SYMBOL G H OR FOUR x5 = MASONIC SYMBOL I L OR ZERO FIVE x6 = MASONIC SYMBOL M N OR SIX x7 = MASONIC SYMBOL O P OR SEVEN x8 = MASONIC SYMBOL Q R OR EIGHT x9 = MASONIC SYMBOL S T OR NINE xA = MASONIC SYMBOL U J xB = MASONIC SYMBOL X K xC = MASONIC SYMBOL Y V xD = MASONIC SYMBOL Z W xE = MASONIC COMBINING DOT xF = MASONIC COMBINING DOUBLE DOT (?) Le dim. 28 oct. 2018 à 04:21, Garth Wallace via Unicode <[email protected]> a écrit : > I learned that one as a kid, as the "pigpen cipher". I'm not aware of any > numerological significance (which is easy enough to "find" in anything). > > On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 7:43 PM Philippe Verdy via Unicode < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> More interesting: the Masonic alphabet >> http://tallermasonico.com/0diccio1.htm >> >> - 18 letters of the Latin alphabet (or Hebrew), from A to T (excluding J >> and K), are disposed by group of 2 letters in a 3x3 square grid, whose >> global outer sides are not marked on the outer border of the grid but on >> lines separating columns or rows. Then letters are noted by the marked >> sides of the square in which they are located, the second letter of the >> group being distinguished by adding a dot in the middle of the square. >> - The 4 other letters U to Z (excluding V and W) are noted by disposing >> them on a 2x2 square grid (this time rotated 45 degrees), whose global >> outer sides are also not marked on the outer border of the grid but on >> lines separating columns or rows (only 1 letter is places by cell). >> They are also noted by the marked sides of their square only.- Finally (if >> needed) the missing letters J, K, V, W use the same 4 last glyphs, but are >> distinguished by adding the central dot. >> >> >> AB | CD | EF >> ------+-----+----- >> GH | I L | MN >> ------+-----+----- >> OP | QR | ST >> >> \ XK / >> UJ > < WZ >> / YV \ >> >> >> So: >> - "A" becomes approximately "_|" >> - "B" becomes approximately "_|" with central dot >> - "U" becomes approximately ">" >> - "X" becomes approximately "\/" >> - "J" is noted like "I" as a square, or distinctly approximately as ">" >> with a central dot >> >> The 3x3 grid had some esoterical meaning based on numerology (a legend >> now propaged by scientology). >> >> >> Le dim. 28 oct. 2018 à 02:59, Philippe Verdy <[email protected]> a >> écrit : >> >>> Do you speak about this one? >>> https://www.magisterdaire.com/magister-symbol-black-sq/ >>> It looks like a graphic personal signature for the author of this >>> esoteric book, even if it looks like an interesting composition of several >>> of our existing Unicode symbols, glued together in a vertical ligature, >>> rather than a pure combining sequence. >>> Such technics can be used extensively to create lot of other symbols, by >>> gluing any kind of wellknown glyphs for standard characters. >>> Mathematics and technologies (but also companies for their private >>> corporate logos and branding marks) are constantly inventing new symbols >>> like this. >>> >>> >>> Le sam. 27 oct. 2018 à 22:01, James Kass via Unicode < >>> [email protected]> a écrit : >>> >>>> >>>> Mr͇ / M=ͬ >>>> >>>> An image search for "magister symbol" finds many interesting graphics, >>>> but I couldn't find any resembling the abreviation shown on the post >>>> card. (Magister symbol appears to be popular for certain religious and >>>> gaming uses.) >>>> >>>>
