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Ambigram
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An ambigram is a calligraphic composition of glyphs that can yield different meanings depending on the orientation of observation. Most ambigrams are visual palindromes that rely on some kind of symme
Sator square (word square and palindrome) with the letters S and N in mirror writing.
Sator square (word square and palindrome) with the letters S and N in mirror writing.
Rotational ambigram Puzzle / The end by Peter Newell designed in 1893.
Rotational ambigram Puzzle / The end by Peter Newell designed in 1893.
Mirror ambigram ΝΙΨΟΝ ΑΝΟΜΗΜΑΤΑ ΜΗ ΜΟΝΑΝ ΟΨΙΝ (Wash your sins, not only your face, in Ancient Greek) in the monastery Panagia Malevi [el].
Mirror ambigram ΝΙΨΟΝ ΑΝΟΜΗΜΑΤΑ ΜΗ ΜΟΝΑΝ ΟΨΙΝ (Wash your sins, not only your face, in Ancient Greek) in the monastery Panagia Malevi [el].
Ambigrams published in The Strand Magazine, June 1908.
Ambigrams published in The Strand Magazine, June 1908.
Boustrophedon
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Boustrophedon is a style of writing in which alternate lines of writing are reversed, with letters also written in reverse, mirror-style. This is in contrast to modern European languages, where lines
Ambigram
…It is sometimes turned into a mirror ambigram when written in capital letters with the removal of spaces, and the stylization of the letter Ν (Ν). A boustrophedon is a type of bi-directional text, mostly seen in ancient manuscripts and other inscriptions. Every other line of writing is flipped or reversed, with…
The Forum inscription (one of the oldest known Latin inscriptions) is written boustrophedon, albeit irregularly: reading from top to bottom, lines 1,
The Forum inscription (one of the oldest known Latin inscriptions) is written boustrophedon, albeit irregularly: reading from top to bottom, lines 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16 run from right to left; lines 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13, and 15, from left to right; 8, 9, and 16 are upside down. (From a rubbing by Domenico Comparetti.)
Rongorongo tablet highlighting a few glyphs symmetrical through a 180° rotation (reverse boustrophedon)
Rongorongo tablet highlighting a few glyphs symmetrical through a 180° rotation (reverse boustrophedon)
Notice in Avoiuli script written using boustrophedon
Notice in Avoiuli script written using boustrophedon