# Rozanova 2026: A Glyph Is Not a Letter, a Token Is Not a Word, a Space Is Not a Space

> L. Rozanova, A. Temerev, 2026. 7 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The surveys take from it the measurements any cipher hypothesis must reproduce…

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# A Glyph Is Not a Letter, a Token Is Not a Word, a Space Is Not a Space

L. Rozanova, A. Temerev, 2026.

An arXiv preprint arguing that the obvious units of Voynichese do not behave as their names suggest: glyphs are not letters, tokens are not words and spaces are not word spaces.

**Voynich Manuscript** PreprintChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The surveys take from it the measurements any cipher hypothesis must reproduce, such as the low conditional entropy and the 70% singleton rate, and its finding that a published generator and a Voynich-imitating cipher each fail some of them.

## Cited by on this site 7 records

[Reading Without a Key](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D8NJAWT22V4/reading-without-a-key)

The book, version 2.0

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[6 methods surveys]

Cryptanalysis, mathematics, linguistics, mixed keys, inductive methods, encoding procedures

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## Cite it

```
Rozanova, L., & Temerev, A. (2026). A Glyph Is Not a Letter, a Token Is Not a Word, a Space Is Not a Space.
```

[Read it free at arxiv.org](https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.17096)

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