BREAKING THE CODE
Credit: GAMES Magazine
December, 1983

E. C. and H. R. (Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon)

There is something about each letter as represented here that gives it the numerical value assigned. Can you "break the code" and find the only letter of the alphabet that, according to this system, would have the value of 1?

A = 2       E = 3       I = 2
B = 0       F = 3       J = 2
C = 2       G = 2      K = 4
D = 0       H = 4      L = 2

HINT:
The answer has to do only with the letters themselves, as represented here in upper case, standard printed form. The letters have no symbolic or representative meanings.

Answer:

The only letter in the alphabet with a value of 1 would be P.

The numbers have been assigned according to the number of unattached end points of strokes used to make up the letters.

So M = 2, N = 2, O = 0, P =1, etc.  

Note from JA: The letter Q would be problematic, depending on how it was written. As it appears here, it would have a value of 1, but it is more commonly printed with the little slash having two unattached end points, giving it a value of 2.