Introduction: | have known Haim Goldenberg for many years, we have performed together, produced products and DVD's, but most importantly he is a friend. Haim is a great performer and thinker, with an idea being born every day. You are fortunate today to experience one of his simplest yet most brilliant creations: Cryptext. When Haim first showed it to me, | was blown away. | am a big fan of multi-purpose items which can create many different effects with the same concept or gimmick. Cryptext, is certainly one of them. As a performer in the corporate field for many years, | saw the wide variety of routines | could perform with the Cryptext font, a few of which are listed in this booklet. | know what some of you will be thinking: Hey where is the gimmick? Well the gimmick is in you my friends, you are able to create and build the effect yourself. The font is the tool that will enable you to promote companies, products, names of people, double climax predictions, reveal chosen cards, you name it! Enrich your mind with the possibilities. This booklet is filled with ideas and suggestions but that is only a starting point. Enjoy Cryptext, and Haim's favourite presentations for it, and many thanks for allowing Pro-magic, once again, to serve your professional needs! GB Pro-Magic, Inc.Cryptext Doulle Meaning never had a Better Meaning | pont to someone and say’ “You sir; 've been looking at you ince the beginning of the show, there is something ‘strangely farviiar about you... strange in a positive sense of course. I's like « feeling of Osja Vu, Do you get that a lot?” "Can I 8k for your name?” He says George, for example “Weird... now the feoling seven stronger... Never mind, let's continue the show, and it will probebly come 10 mo later. So that | won't forget fet me right your name hore so if something will come to me fil know to ‘eonnectit to you.” | vite the name George ‘on a big board and put t ase facng the audience and contnue with diferent effects, Ignoring t fer the time being ‘Aner performing 2 oF 3 diferent eflects, I take a caloulator out of my bag and pass it ini the aucence “Let's de something with numbers," | say. “Sir, please put ‘in a four digit that has some meaning for you. it can be your house number, a date, anything you like... thank you. ‘Now please give t fo someone that you don’t Know.” ‘The calculator goes to a different person. "You sir please hit the multiply button, then enter the number of your wite’s ‘shoe size; you better got that right or it might become veryunpleasant on your way homet After you're done please ‘give the calculator to another person, anyone you wish.* “Now sir add to It your wedding date (oause), last month « couple got divorced because of mo.” You ste take the calculator and give to the next porsch, "! see you are @ bit hesitant, don't worry Il bo easy on you. Please multiply the ‘number with the number of times you had sex this month. Please don’t exaggerate - anyway nobody Is looking - thank you. And now enter how much it cost you (thie is 2 dangerous joke, but very powerful ~ be careful haw you say ft) (Of course 'm kidding.” | have him pass the calculator to the last person, an older ‘genteman, Look at mir and say "Y see that you are a bit troubled, don't worry | won't ask you how many tine you hhad sex this month. 1 want you f© add to the number of tines you'd have liked to have sex this month ~ but ‘remember a month has only 20 days s0 bo reasonapie.” “That's Ut; you've entered random numbers that | couldn't ‘have known or influenced. You multiplied and added them ‘many times 30 that there is no way forrne to knrow what the result is, Please si" «314 to the person holding the calculator, “press on the equal button. | pause, {In fact, hit the square root button to make it even more ‘aitticuit for me. And new read out loud for me the result.” Whatever he says, | wil wite on a lage board and hold it facing the ausionco 3921039 “Ladies and gentleman; to the revelation! Before the show! wrote down a number, actually I'm not sure what | wrote — ‘but dofinitely something. And its sealed in this envelope." | take an envelope fiom my pocket and give it to somaane tohold, "Can you please verify for me that the envelope is ‘absolutely sealed? Yos! Open it read out loud what ts written there.” He takes out the paper that was in the envelope and reads "George’ ‘ook atthe crowd a bit disoriented. "'ve surely mixed up the envelopes.” | check my packets for other envelopes, thcing rothing | turn and see the name George on the board and it hits me "You see George here is the connection fo your name. Now understand everything! Yesterday, ike every night before ‘a show, as] wanted fo write down the number for this show, had kind of a black out and wrote this instead ~ George. | ‘had some sort of vision of you and the crowd and you telling me your name, the same way you fold me fail an hour ago. This és why I felt the déjé-wi wien I saw you. ‘Now it all becomes clear tome.” You took for a short while at George, at tne board with his name and then ask ttom the person that is stil holding the ccalouistor’ Sir can you come over and show me again the number on the display.” He shows t 1 you and says out loud... “Ladies and gentieman, | found out something very interesting, if you'd tum the board upside down, you can actually see: 39.2-1.0.3.9" A perfect match?The Font Cryptoxt ¢ a custom designad TrueType font with the Interesting property that every letter tured upside dovn ocemes 2 number {oF numbers) and vice versa. Type anything you want anc adjust the font size to suil your needs, After installing Cryptext on your computer, you will be able to Print off the specal charactors quicky and easily. However, | believe itis much more effective if you learn to write in this style yourself. This allows you to prepare messages anywhere, even In font ofthe aucience. it also lenes an Impromat fee! which is ot present wth type umiten precictons, When drawing characters in Coppi, the thicker the lines are the beter Chisel tip markers work bast for larger audiances | do not have 2 special technique for learning how to wnte this way, only practice, It shouldnt take more than @ week to ‘sezimviata the lettersOBCDEFG HITkKL MnO EqresToV WhGz 123H5 b79g90How To Install the Cryptext font on Windows, +. Gote Control Panel. Click on your Stat button and select Settings > Control Panel (or Open My Computer then Control Panel) 2. Goto your Fonts fokser. ‘Open (Double cick) the Fonts folder 3. Goto Install New Font, Solect Fie, Install New Font 4. Locate Cryptort font in the CD-ROM Drive 5. Install the fonts). Click OK. This completes your TrueType font installation Tips: 4. Put inetalled fonts on your hard drive. Ifyou are going to install TrueType or OpenType fonts tom a CO be sure the ‘Copy fonts to folder box is checked: otherwise. Torts may not be avaiable to use fthe CD isnot in the dive at allumes. 2. TrueType fonts have the extension TTF TrueType fonts require only ths one fie for installation and use How To Install the Cryptext font on a Macintosh Font installation on a Mac is a simple drag and drop ‘operation.. Here's How 1, Locate the Cryptext font in the CD-ROM Drive 2 —_ragthe font the System Fodor 3. Click OX to install Cryptent (you may be asked to shut ‘down other prograrrs)The Basics ‘The most stralgtforward way to use Crypton i to select 2 word of name, write it in Cryplex, nd the corresponding number and force thet number in same nay Of course there are countless ‘words and names te choose fiom You can use important people at an event, such as compeny executives oF important (words Iho product names or a corporate Sogan. Cryptaxt lets you customize the revelation to your audience. My preference fer forcing is the Mental Catsrator sod at ‘ww promagiccam. It displays the number which has been stored in memary whenever the square root Key § pushed Here are some other methods of forcing you might wish to explore 1. Add-a-number pads, avalable from most magic desiors, | ‘also ‘ecommend the handing on The Carlyle Touch ~ An Evening wth E. Raymond Corio, 12, Other calculators incuaing Ps! Kale by Banachek & Gene Protos, ask your magic dealer 3, The Outto-Lunch Principle 4. The Kozaer Prediction Pac ‘5. Ungimvricked calculators (Richard Ostend teaches how to force © number using an ordinary scentite calculator on No Gamera Ticks, Yolune 1, from LBL Publishing) 6, Preparo bierk cards with numbers on them and force the apprcpriate cards. (Roberto Glebbis Card College Volume 1 ‘rom Hermetic Press contains cetaled descriptions of both the ff force and the olessic force.) 7. Borrow a watch and force a tims of day, which corresponds toa number{8 Ifyour audience is large enough, you can ty this rather bold force’ Genply ask that everyone cheut out eingle cigs. In a ig ‘enough crowd, youre pretly much gueranteed to hear the hhumbers you want to force. Just wnte thery down inthe correct Corder as you pretend to listen to what the audience is saying (Trustme, takes guts, butt works)The Basic Routine Explained There is not much to explain, the mechanics of the effect are ‘extremely simple. The presentation is what s important The ‘one presented to you is what ! am using and is very much suited {to my personaity on stage. | can eppreciste there will be some Cf you that wal be uncomiortable with some of the jokes used. You're certainly not obliged to use any of thom if they dont sut you. Actually, t wlll even make It better if you find your own jokes and style of presentation, unless you want to shave your head and lok ike me But | wanted you to see the effect exactly as | use it on siage {Jokes included, despte what ny editor tals me “The only thing that you have to know isthe name of somecne in the audience. You can get t ahead of tme from the person who hires you, ox you can show up early and simply introduce yourself to a few people, You can always listen into Conversations and get some names; if you have an assistant itis ‘even easier. In a corporate or trade show environment, people offen wear name tags. Its best to pick someone easily recognizable because you will have fo find them quickly during ‘the show, possibly under bad lighting conditions. Look fr things You ean spot trom 2 istance lke colourtul shits, crazy hair styles or someone thet reminds you ef your mother inlaw When you have the name, you take @ large card and gently trace t in Cryptent using a pencil Tum over lust to couble- ccheck that it works. You can also print out 2 large prediction Lsing te fent on your computer but & leases the fasing of being impromptu. | prefer to da wnting tin font of my audience. [Now the number that appears when you turn the card ts what you wil force. | store the number in the ProMagiz MENTAL ‘CALCLUATOR (again, my preference, any method wil do.)Lastly, write the name on 2 piece of paper and seal t in an envelope That can go either in your packet or you can keep & {in view of the audience the entre time. All the dity work is done This allows you to focus entirely on the presentation, Here are 2 few important points te consider Firs, | aways ask them to entor numbers thet are meaning 0 some way. It ill make the whole effect move interesting es rast ‘people cor find punching numbers in a calculator to be all that emertaning You'll note that for every person that enters 2 number, | have joke or funny fine roady To prevent’ poopie from connecting the numbers on the ‘catculaor and George's name on the board, | do 2 few effects bbetore etarting the routine wth the calculator, The fink wil nat ‘be obvious until the very end. This provides @ powerful call beck and makes the revelaton that much stronger When you are ready te turn over the board, take your time and. point out each number so that everyone can realize wnat has happened. You wali see thet the revelation of the number is very powerful if | am writing on cardstock, | like to give the cards out at the end. Theee make for interesting mementos because they incorporate @ person's name. Plus, giving away or discarding your props is a subtle way to convey to the ‘auctence that you are not using any special apparatus.‘Duat reality ‘A few people that I've shown this system to have tried to come ‘up with presentations based on dual realty. Basically, one part of the audience wil be shown the message one way. say as ‘numbers, the rest wil sce It a6 2 wore. This opens up the possbbilty for instant stooge end possibly even some siuaton comedy. It's not really my styl, but tm including $0 that ‘perhaps it wil help spars your creabvity ‘Some additional thoughts: Use cards to print individual letars (playing card eze or even letter sized cards for stage cisplay) then when you can give teach letter to each person on stage you can form a word, but ‘nen each il turn that letter upside Gown til form a number (Nice stage presentation to involve mukiple people) This number (ean be forced number, oF can lead to many options ‘You can use the Cryptext word, to form a numer that wil force you aword ina book Choose a word. see what number it forms, ise that number to pick a page, ane and a ord in a bbock (For Example: GEORGE = 3921098) This can be broken ‘down to page number: 392, the 10th Ine, ana 3+9 = 12 which is the 12th word in that ine inthe book} Use any force of a time, for example, f you nave the classic “Portect time! or similar gimmicks, you can force @ tne for example: $45 can form the name GUY You can eta person ‘change the time on a watch, then to stop an click back the knob. Then you force the name GUY out of many name cards ‘Then you ask the spectater, what time did he stop the watch, he ‘says: 6148, you turn the card with the name GUY to show itis the exact rame!Bonus Symbols Ota eV ae: 1@#$%*&*()Special Thanks | want to mention 2 great coleagues from Israel, Lier Manor and, Nimrod Harel. A long time ago Lior invoducee me to the ‘concept of using numbers and letters as a secret prediction and | was especially influenced by his amazing routine that he ublsned recently "The Mobile Operer’..evailable at mip tw llormancr comvemer/proguct.mobieop Ni ‘Another great routine belong to Nimrod Harel and he published tin his Driiant book SHALOSH - STAGE WORK’ avaliable from wow pro-megiecom ‘Thanks to Guy Bavi for his advice and input on this project. ‘And off cores @ huge Thanks to the one and only Ami Lustig vw helped ne lo develop ths ies,COPYRIGHT!® 2008 HAM GOLDENBERG & PRO-MAGIC. 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