Cryptext

THE BLURB:
Double Meaning never had a Better Meaning

INTRODUCTION

"...Haim is a great performer and thinker, with an idea
being born every day. You are fotunate today to experience
one of his simplest yet most brilliant creations: CRYPTEXT."
- JB, Pro-Magic Inc

Effect

The Magician senses a strange feeling of familiarity with an
audience member and asks for their name. The audience
member's name is written and placed onto the stage for
everyone to see. A calculator is taken out and passed around
the audience. The Magician asks the first member with the
calculator to input any four digit number that has meaning
to them and then the calculator is passed on. Numbers and
equations are inputed into the calculator per each passing
member. The final digit is totaled. The magician pulls out a
sealed envelope with a prediction written before the show.
The sealed envelope is passed onto a audience member to
verify the envelope is sealed and is asked to read the
prediction out loud. The audience member says a name. The
same name as the audience member previously written on the
board. The last member holding the calculator is introduced
onto the stage and is asked to read the number. The magician
asks the audience to turn the board with the audience
member's name upside down. It is revealed to be a perfect
match of the number just given.

Cryptext is a custom designed True-Type font with an
interesting property. Type anything you want and adjust the
font size to suit your needs. After installing Cyptext on
your computer, you will be able to print off special
characters quickly and easily. However, It is more effective
if you learn to write in this style yourself. This allows
you to prepare messages anywhere, even in front of the
audience. It also lends an impromptu feel which is not
present with type written predictions.

Comes with Glossy, 20-page Photo-Illustrated, Instruction
Booklet and CD.

MY COMMENTS:
This is a very useful utility item that mentalists can use
for effects which are, to use the worn phrase, limited by
one's imagination. Obviously, you need a computer to use
the fonts and the booklet contains instructions on how to
install them (if you don't already know). However, the
booklet contains all that you need so that you can do it by
hand, as suggested in the blurb. As mentioned in the blurb,
you get a 20 page instruction booklet and a CD. The disc
does work with both PCs and MACs and has instructions for
both. Definitely recommended as a tool for the mentalist's
arsenal.