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An ambigram (also known by the more literal moniker ‘inversion’) is a symmetric design that often reads the same when turned upside down.

I’d love to hear from you – let me know what you think of my ambigrams and maybe send me some of your own.

Perfectly Formed | 07/11/06
Amelie, daughter and firstborn of Sharyn and Shawn from the hamlet of Bronxville, NY, now has her very own ambigram – let’s hope she likes it when she grows up!
Lines in the Sand | 04/10/06
This design wasn’t completely spontaneous, but this was my first and only attempt at drawing it and I think it came off rather well (if it had gone wrong I guess I could simply have waited for the tide to come in).

I’ve put the old news away.

Amelie ambigram

NOVEMBER 2006

Amelie

A particularly pleasing example of the art of the ambigram, which turned out much better and much smarter than it started out. The trick was to forget all my preconceptions about how the letter ‘a’ can only ever look like the letter ‘e’ when turned upsidedown. More...

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Faith

A simple word and an attractive, ‘swoopy’ design. I like the ‘H’ particularly!

Faith

Perplex City

If you’ve never heard of Perplex City, then you probably will. And soon.

Perplex City

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Neil & Karen

Particularly pleasing is the inclusion of a fully formed and artfully curly ampersand!

Neil & Karen

Forty Two

The pleasing rty/Tw ligature does the heavy lifting in making this design work.

Forty Two

Christmas

A really fun ambigram, with lots of interesting details that create a coherent design.

Christmas

Maureen

A rather more sophisticated take on the idea of a patchwork ambigram.

Maureen

Dominic

An idiosyncratic rotational design which works rather better than it ought to!

Dominic

Andrea

This is something new: the same glyph is used to make all six letters of the name.

Andrea