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Encoding & Number Bases

Bacon's Cipher

Encode text as groups of five A/B letters with Bacon's biliteral cipher.

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What is Bacon?

Bacon's cipher (1605) represents each letter with a unique pattern of five binary symbols, classically rendered as a/A and b/B so the message can hide inside innocuous-looking text.

How it works

Each letter maps to its five-letter A/B pattern (I/J and U/V share patterns, as in the classic 24-letter version). Decoding accepts any spacing and validates the groups.

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