Letter frequency "The Gold-Bug", where the method is successfully applied to decipher a message instructing on the whereabouts of a treasure hidden by Captain Kidd. Letter frequencies had a strong effect on the design of some keyboard layouts. The most frequent letters are on the bottom row of the Blickensderfer typewriter, and the home row of the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard. There are three ways to count letter frequency that result in very different charts for common letters. The first method, used in the chart below, is to count letter frequency in root words of a dictionary. The second is to include all
Letter of the Six Letter of the Six The Letter of the Six (Romanian: "Scrisoarea celor șase") was an open letter signed in March 1989 by Silviu Brucan, together with five other Romanian Communist Party dignitaries (Gheorghe Apostol, Alexandru Bârlădeanu, Grigore Răceanu, Corneliu Mănescu, and Constantin Pîrvulescu). The six communist politicians met and discussed the letter in parks in Bucharest, in order to prevent the Securitate from hearing the details. They were however, not isolated, but they were followed and had contacts with Soviet, American, British and Romanian intelligence officers and diplomats. The initiative came from Brucan, who discussed the plan with Apostol and