Systemless Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 I have worked for some time on an ambigram for my name. I wanted to use it in a new sig, but as of today only the ambigram is finished, and I made it into a minimal sig. Any comments or ratings c/c are welcome. Sys p.s. An ambigram is a text that can be rotated by 180 degree and still looks the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 you should make this into an animated gif so that the text can rotate, highlighting the point :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Just to let you know, ambigram isn't in the dictionary..I think you have the wrong word, but I don't know what the correct one is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Jeppoz Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Just to let you know, ambigram isn't in the dictionary..I think you have the wrong word, but I don't know what the correct one is. "An ambigram is a word or a group of words which can be read in at least two different ways. The most usual are symmetric under a rotation of 180 degrees (i.e., they look the same upside down) or under a vertical axis reflection (i.e., they look the same in a mirror). The term "ambigram" was coined by Douglas Hofstadter and some of his friends; see pp. 274-277 of his excellent book Metamagical Themas (Basic Books, 1985)." Google 1 - 0 Ryan :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 Just to let you know, ambigram isn't in the dictionary..I think you have the wrong word, but I don't know what the correct one is. "An ambigram is a word or a group of words which can be read in at least two different ways. The most usual are symmetric under a rotation of 180 degrees (i.e., they look the same upside down) or under a vertical axis reflection (i.e., they look the same in a mirror). The term "ambigram" was coined by Douglas Hofstadter and some of his friends; see pp. 274-277 of his excellent book Metamagical Themas (Basic Books, 1985)." Google 1 - 0 Ryan :P :oops: I searched dictionary.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skrtyuin578 Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 Just to let you know, ambigram isn't in the dictionary..I think you have the wrong word, but I don't know what the correct one is. "An ambigram is a word or a group of words which can be read in at least two different ways. The most usual are symmetric under a rotation of 180 degrees (i.e., they look the same upside down) or under a vertical axis reflection (i.e., they look the same in a mirror). The term "ambigram" was coined by Douglas Hofstadter and some of his friends; see pp. 274-277 of his excellent book Metamagical Themas (Basic Books, 1985)." Google 1 - 0 Ryan :P :oops: I searched dictionary.com Just goes to show you... When in doubt...GOOGLE IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeekyhbomb Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 yay ambigrams are cool, just like angels and demons the book that has some in it :D 8/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axeraider70 Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 sweet ness axeraider70.deviantART.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentyrrell Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 very cool, like the font....... YAY ambigrams! :shock: 98.35/100 Very cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAGE Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 Yah, the book "Angels and Demons" by Dan Brown. I just finished reading that, it got me into ambigrams. Since I am obsessed with ambi's I give your sig 9.5/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Systemless Posted June 30, 2005 Author Share Posted June 30, 2005 Nice to see you like the sig, thank you. About the rotation: One problem is that the sig (or the max size allowed for it) is too small to rotate it without cutting it. But you are right, I need some way to highlight the symmetry. How is the readability? I am personally not 100% happy with the y/s combination and the e/m part, but i couldn't find a better way do write it yet. for the e/m part there is another solution (this is from ambigram.matic): but having two different types of 'e' in the name looks not very well either. Any ideas, comments, suggestions or ratings welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentyrrell Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 the reading is pretty good takes like 10 seconds to like see it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skrtyuin578 Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 I can read it fine. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 http://img83.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mattpleb3cl.swf I got bored and was inspired to make this lol Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godslayer Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 Woa, you made the imageshack site? Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quer_Skulll Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 ahh Dan Brown had some interesting ambigram's in the book he wrote before The DaVinci Code. tho his where better.. simplicity all the way.. in containment of ambigrams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD77 Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 100/10 lol thats something i cant do lol pretty cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Systemless Posted July 1, 2005 Author Share Posted July 1, 2005 thx, maybe I should take a look at Dan Brown's books once. @Quer_Skulll: I didn't really get your point ... hmmm. Do you think my ambigram should be simplified more, or use a simpler base font? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Woa, you made the imageshack site? Nice. Meh stupid tip.it censor. Here it is http://img83.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mattpleb3cl. swf remove space Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quer_Skulll Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 thx, maybe I should take a look at Dan Brown's books once. @Quer_Skulll: I didn't really get your point ... hmmm. Do you think my ambigram should be simplified more, or use a simpler base font? use a black font and white background. The Bernini Mystery, page 35 has a ambigram saying Inumiali or something like that.. ill scan it in for you when i get back from school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Systemless Posted July 1, 2005 Author Share Posted July 1, 2005 all interested in doing their own ambigram, can take a look at these to engines generating ambigrams automatically: http://www.ambigram.matic.com/ambigram.htm http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jean-paul.davalan/liens/liens_ambi.html the ambigrams obtained from these are not always perfect, but they are a good start or just nice to get some ideas. nice one Mercifull :D @Quer_Skulll: I will soon make and upload a black and white version ... looking forward to your scan, thx. edit: here is the black and white version of the sig: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Systemless Posted July 1, 2005 Author Share Posted July 1, 2005 here is the latest version, I changed some small details and the e/m part in the middle. How about readability and style? Better or worse? sry for double post :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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