Disinter – Visual Encryption
A simple, yet effective method of encrypting text visually by removing pieces from the letters and adding visual noise. My goal was to make a font that would be illegible even if you know about the underlying method—but at the same time decodeable using a surprisingly simple key. I wanted to create a purely visual encryption, meaning that you should not have to think about decoding the text—your eye should do the work. As it were, it is an experiment that mixes principles of typography (the art of arranging information), steganography (the art of concealing information) and cryptography (the art of scrambling it). The name «Disinter» comes from the obfuscation process I developed: It consists of «disrupting» and «interlacing» the characters.
A mysterious message
Can you read it?
The decryption key – By laying a transparent film with a simple stripe pattern over the encrypted message, the missing bits are filled in, while the superfluous visual noise is cancelled.
The message, decrypted – The previously very confusing signs become cleartext again.
Page from the documentation book explaining the process in detail.

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