About Bacon Cipher Encoder
Bacon's cipher or the Baconian cipher is a method of steganography devised by Francis Bacon in 1605. A message is concealed in the presentation of text, rather than its content.
Input: text. Output: text.
Format reference: Bacon Cipher Encode background and specification
Example
Use “Try example” to load this public sample and its settings, then run it.
Settings used in this example
| Parameter | Example value | Input and choices |
|---|---|---|
| Alphabet | Standard (I=J and U=V) | Standard (I=J and U=V), Complete |
| Translation | 0/1 | 0/1, A/B |
| Keep extra characters | false | On or off |
| Invert Translation | false | On or off |
Input
There's a fox, and it jumps over the fence.
Result
10010 00111 00100 10000 00100 10001 00000 00101 01101 10101 00000 01100 00011 01000 10010 01000 10011 01011 01110 10001 01101 10011 00100 10000 10010 00111 00100 00101 00100 01100 00010 00100
Parameters
| Parameter | Default value | Input and choices |
|---|---|---|
| Alphabet | Standard (I=J and U=V) | Standard (I=J and U=V), Complete |
| Translation | 0/1 | 0/1, A/B |
| Keep extra characters | false | On or off |
| Invert Translation | false | On or off |
Before interpreting the result
Use the exact key encoding, mode, padding and IV expected by the source system. Historical ciphers are useful for learning and analysis. Encoding alone provides no confidentiality.
How to use this page
- Paste your input or open a local file.
- Adjust tool options if needed, then choose Run tool.
- Copy the result or download the original output bytes.
Inputs and results are not added to the public catalogue or saved in the URL. Processing happens in your browser; HTTP Request and DNS over HTTPS send the requests you explicitly run. Files up to 128 MiB can be opened; decompression and image tools may have smaller processing limits. Large results have a shortened preview. Text and HTML downloads use UTF-8; binary downloads preserve output bytes. Pasted text follows browser newline handling; open a file when exact input bytes matter.