

_Comet Lucifer_ features a fictional script that is used whenever text is
shown. For example:

[![script on Sogo's
eyepiece](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dYl2bm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dYl2b.jpg)
[![script on
newspaper](https://i.stack.imgur.com/27bLvm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/27bLv.jpg)

Is the script decipherable? If so, how?


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Is the fictional script in Comet Lucifer decipherable?


It is indeed decipherable - the script appears to be a straightforward
substitution cipher for English written in the Latin alphabet. But I would
hesitate to even call it a "cipher". The script in _Comet Lucifer_ is less
like [the script in _Rokka no
Yuusha_](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/23509/), where decipherment is a
genuine challenge, and more like [what _Akagami no Shirayukihime_
uses](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uX5ZF.jpg). That is, it's basically English
written in a very exotic font. (Well, _Akagami_ sometimes uses romanized
Japanese rather than English, but the idea is the same.)

Consider this image from episode 1:

![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/27bLv.jpg)

The headline on the left reads "Garden Indigo". If you squint right, you can
see how the script really is just a hyper-stylized variant of uppercase Latin
glyphs. And, as corroboration, recall that one of the military folks said
"Garden Indigo" later in the episode.

Likewise, consider this image from episode 1:

[![wanted
posters](https://i.stack.imgur.com/G7ILW.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/G7ILW.jpg)

What do these look like? "Wanted" posters, of course. And if you look hard
enough, you'll see that the top line of the poster on the right looks a lot
like a stylized version of the word "WANTED". If you look at the second line
beneath the girl's picture on the same poster, you can match up the glyphs
from "WANTED" to see that this says "-EWA-D". Fill in the blanks - which are
both the same - and we conclude that this says "REWARD".

We don't have enough text as of episode 1 to construct a full translation
table, but the general principle here is straightforward.


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