Paper by Erik D. Demaine

Reference:

Erik D. Demaine and Martin L. Demaine, “Puzzle Fonts About Puzzles”, in Exchange Book of the 14th Gathering for Gardner (G4G14), Atlanta, Georgia, April 6–10, 2022.

Abstract:

We present five recent puzzle fonts — where reading glyphs in the font require solving a puzzle — that illustrate five different puzzles/puzzle games, each with a corresponding mathematical result. Each font is an open-source interactive web application that lets the user write messages in the font, and then solve the resulting puzzles (or send them to a friend to solve), revealing the message.

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Length:

The paper is 19 pages.

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Mathematical and Puzzle Fonts/Typefaces