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Pig Pen Cipher
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This mod adds the Pigpen Cipher to Minecraft as a new font. This can be used for books, fonts, chat messages, tooltips, and virtually any other text in the game.

 

Overview

The Pig Pen Cipher is a simple substitution cipher used to encode messages which use the English alphabet.

 

User Guide

Using the Cipher

The Pigpen Cipher is sometimes referred to as a tic-tac-toe cipher. This is because the key used to encode/decode characters looks like a tic-tac-toe board.

 

A guide to the pigpen cipher.

To write a character using the Pigpen Cipher you simply replace the character with the lines that surround the character. For example if you want to write the letter A you would draw a backwards L shape and an E would be drawn as a square. If the symbol contains a dot you would use the version on the right, so a square with a dot inside of it is an N. The eight lower characters follow the same rules, T would be an arrow pointing right and W would be an arrow pointing down with a dot in it.

 

Banner Patterns

Newer versions of the mod (1.21.1+) now include banner patterns with the cipher characters! These can be used to spell out messages in game, or create unique designs!

Banners with the pigpen cipher written on them.Nodecraft Sponsorship LogoThis project is sponsored by Nodecraft. Use code DARKHAX for 30% off your first month of service!

 

Quick facts

Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.

Pig Pen Cipher is a free Minecraft Java mod. Compatible with Minecraft 1.21.1, 1.20.1, 1.20.4, 1.20.3 and newer. Downloaded 46,569,995 times (via CurseForge). Download it and open it directly in the game.

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