Reading about #Deciphering Mary #Stuart's lost letters from 1578-1584 in https://doi.org/10.1080/01611194.2022.2160677 I wonder if much older #phonographic or #logographic writing systems, which are not #encrypted as such ... are always as "easy" to #decipher.
Had the #Elamicon deciphering tool in my bookmarks, still looks interesting for a #layperson:
https://center-for-decipherment.ch/tool/

#Phonogram #Logogram #Entzifferungstool #LinearElamite

Something I find interesting in #syllabic or #pseudosyllabic writing systems is the choice to include or omit spacing between words
In #Japanese (syllabic plus #logographic as far as kanji go, trad no spacing, casual w spaces), Sanskrit (syllabic, no spaces) and Hindi (pseudosyllabic as unlike Sanskrit you can pile on the symbols on each other to vary the sounds, with redundant variations, spaces used) you see different spacing choices between words, and in different contexts formal vs informal

Ancient manuscripts, historic research, #comics!

In "How to Read an #Aztec Comic", @DrFeliciaLopez@twitter.com & @JordanCollver@twitter.com introduce, with comic book conventions, #logographic writings & the limiting effect of #colonization on understanding #Indigenous history:

https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8cq5w8b2#main