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  • noun Plural form of ambigram.

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  • This has to be a fake, one of the big things about the book are ambigrams and the name of the book and other things are writen in ambigrams, tha and duality, the name on the poster should be writen in an ambigram, tho the faker go back to photoshop and try again and if the studio is thinking in a poste with out an ambigram they should go back and read the book again.

    Angels & Demons Teaser Poster? | /Film 2008

  • Shaun Fenn for The Wall Street Journal Scott Kim has been called `the M.C. Escher of the alphabet' for his ambigrams—words and phrases that can be read in multiple directions.

    The Mind of a Master Brain Teaser Alexandra Alter 2011

  • Below are ambigrams of the alphabet, `mirror' and `J.S. Bach,' which are mirror images of themselves; `Wall Street Journal' and `mathematics' read the same upside down.

    The Mind of a Master Brain Teaser Alexandra Alter 2011

  • Science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov called him "the Escher of the alphabet" for his ambigrams—words and phrases that can be read in multiple directions.

    The Mind of a Master Brain Teaser Alexandra Alter 2011

  • I also make ambigrams, though most (if not all) of them are rotational ones … (words that can be read when turned upside down/180 degrees)

    Word Optical Illusion 2006

  • Here is a set of ambigrams. 3 more pics after the jump.

    Set of Ambigrams 2006

  • And that is, in my opinion, what ambigrams are all about I too have a site on which I post my (rotational) ambigrams … (www. whieee.nl/~martijn, check it out if you like!)

    Set of Ambigrams 2006

  • Here is a set of ambigrams. 3 more pics after the jump.

    2006 » July 2006

  • So i started doodling, and ended up with half a page of foolscap of essay outline, and another half full of crappy ambigrams.

    j-gan Diary Entry j-gan 2005

  • Chain ambigrams are often presented in the form of a circle.

    Wii-volution 2010

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