A poem or piece of writing that contains a word or message when reading _down_ the page. Similar to acronyms or initialisms, but you can fill in additional words. Only carriage returns matter. ```plaintext An acrostic is a Creative writing piece that. Reads vertically and horizontally. Often given away by stilted or Strange line lengths, They don't remain hidden long. It's not that hard to Create them. Just takes time. ``` Like that time Arnold Schwarzenegger wrote to the California State Assembly. If you use a [[monospace]] [[Font Example Sentences|font]] you can put an acrostic NOT in the first column. ```plaintext This is a hidden acrostic. Oddly put Adjacent to Letters starting lines and hard to read. ``` **** # More ## Source - Self - https://www.theregister.com/2009/10/28/acrostic_arnie/ ## Related - [[Monospace]]