# Normalising them removes most of the line effect > Rewriting 7 % of the words with those rules removes 68 % of the information line position carries about a word's first and last glyph (half C: 0.104 /… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/evidence/EVD0DCC12VC4858/normalising-them-removes-most-of-the-line-effect Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Voynich Manuscript](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript)F-120 Evidence · Voynich Manuscript # Normalising them removes most of the line effect Rewriting 7 % of the words with those rules removes 68 % of the information line position carries about a word's first and last glyph (half C: 0.104 / 0.059 bits to 0.029 / 0.022; Latin in the same lines 0.003 / 0.002). Dropping the line-edge words removes more (0.016 / 0.006). The method finds nothing in Latin and finds and undoes three planted rules. SupportedObservationConfirmatory0 ## What it means Key question[How was the text produced on the page?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG6BH02GE7/how-was-the-text-produced-on-the-page) Most likely: the line is a unit of the system **Most likely** unchanged Part of it[What did the line and page add?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG78TG4W5X/what-did-the-line-and-page-add) Most likely: -m is a line-final form of -in / -n **Most likely** unchanged Answer this evidence bears on[The scribes followed a line-edge convention](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/answers/ANS0DCBK96J79DQ/the-scribes-followed-a-line-edge-convention) Supportsweighs heavily · 2 for, none against **Most likely** unchanged ## How it was found 2 runs [Layout tests on half C: rule replication, line-position information, language signatures under normalisation, line crowding: share of the line-position information removed by the normaliser…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/runs/RUN0DCABJY40WXN/layout-tests-on-half-c-rule-replication-line-position) Method [Layout tests on half C: rule replication, line-position information, language signatures under normalisation, line crowding](https://mysteriesdept.com/methods/MTH08JFXHSC0ATX/layout-tests-on-half-c-rule-replication-line-position) · [Session 10](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES0DCB54T02Y53/session-10-the-layout-layer-literature-and-question-audit) 28 Oct Share of the line-position information removed by the normaliser (half C)**68 %** Supported [ZL3b transcription](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT08JFZFSR41PZ/zandbergen-landini-transliteration-zl3b-eva-ivtff-2-0-13-may)[Exploration split](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT08JFZJQG5X29/exploration-confirmation-split-by-bifolium-106-101-pages-sha)[Line-edge rules learned on half E (46 minimal alternations at paragraph start, line start and line end)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT08JFZJZA6C4T/line-edge-rules-learned-on-half-e-46-minimal-alternations-at) [Layout-layer rules and normaliser (minimal line-edge alternations learned on half E; rewrite to the inside form; interior-only text): rules found and undone in Latin laid in the same lines, plain and…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/runs/RUN0DCABJ6P027A/layout-layer-rules-and-normaliser-minimal-line-edge) Method [Layout-layer rules and normaliser (minimal line-edge alternations learned on half E; rewrite to the inside form; interior-only text)](https://mysteriesdept.com/methods/MTH08JFXHHJ4YRN/layout-layer-rules-and-normaliser-minimal-line-edge) · [Session 10](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES0DCB54T02Y53/session-10-the-layout-layer-literature-and-question-audit) 28 Oct Rules found and undone in Latin laid in the same lines, plain and with three planted line-edge rules (half C)**plain Latin: 0 rules, 0.0 rewritten; planted: 8 rules covering all three plants, 75 % of planted words restored exactly, false rewrites 0.0001** Control passed [Latin genre texts](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT08JFZHGE64ZP/latin-plaintext-of-the-manuscripts-genres-by-section-built)[Exploration split](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT08JFZJQG5X29/exploration-confirmation-split-by-bifolium-106-101-pages-sha) ## Cite it ``` Mysteries Department. (2026). Normalising them removes most of the line effect [Evidence EVD0DCC12VC4858]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DCC12VC4858 ``` Key **EVD** 0DCC12VC4858 Kind Evidence Tier Supported Weighs Heavily Found in [Session 10](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES0DCB54T02Y53/session-10-the-layout-layer-literature-and-question-audit) · 28 Oct 2026 Version 1 Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Every record is open data. Take this one as JSON, with its links and its history. [JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/api/v1/records/EVD0DCC12VC4858)