Symbol Font

The writing / encryption is based on the Symbol font, each ASCII character is associated with a glyph/symbol (which gives the name to the font).

Example: dCode corresponds to

The characters are partially similar to the original message because the Symbol font uses, among other things, Greek letters having inspired the Latin alphabet.

There are many symbol fonts that contain icons, the most famous is wingdings.

The reading / decryption of the Symbol font consists in associating each glyph/symbol the corresponding character in the ASCII table.

Example: is decrypted SYMBOL.

The Symbol font uses Greek characters (alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, etc.) in uppercase and lowercase letters. The writing also contains some characters used in mathematics.

Symbol is originally associated with Apple and its LaserWriter printer, but adoption has been popularized by Microsoft who has incorporated by default into its Windows operating systems.