Acrostics

[rosemarina]

Hello to all, I've just joined.  My creds - had a puzzle in the Sunday NYT.  I actually prefer designing acrostics, and I published them for many years in a scientific journal.  I joined this site to see what resources are available here for acrostic-makers, - but there aren't any!  I can't find anything in this entire forum when I search on "Acrostic" .  I'd like recommendations for software, buyers and prices, sympathy, etc. Do y'all have something against acrostics?

[ktd]

My guess is there's a more limited market for acrostics. I've only ever seen them in the NY Times every other Sunday, and they're always written by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon.

But...there's a scientific journal that publishes acrostics? Which one?

[brendansullivan07]

Pi Mu Epsilon (a math honors society) publishes math-themed acrostics in their issues.

[rosemarina]

Cool!  Do you know how I could get a copy (with answers! ) ?

[brendansullivan07]

http://www.pme-math.org/membership/mathacrostics.html

[rosemarina]

Thank you very much. I'll see if I can get a copy.

[Russ A]

I love acrostics, especially cryptic ones.  I've created a couple of them myself that are used as the basis for geocaches.  If you like you can find them here and here.  I had no special software. I just filled in the grid in a spreadsheet, including numbering by hand, and printed that out, then cut it up into little squares and did multiple anagramming on a felt board that my wife has for jigsaw puzzle storage, then typed the results into a word processor. Finally I did a print screen on each to make the jpgs for uploading to the geocaching.com site.

[rosemarina]

That's a great idea for geocaching! I tried geocaching once with some expert friends who were visiting, and I enjoyed it.  I'm sure your approach will provide an additional challenge.
I will have to try your puzzle - I also make puns and anagrams puzzles. 
I did receive a recommendation for acrostic software, from E Rice on this list; it is EnigmaCross http://www.crossdown.com/  It's not perfect, but it is way easier then how you do yours, or I did mine.  Plus, you can print the final version as a .pdf so it can be emailed to people.