Ambigram
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ambigram-179-15563681
title:
Ambigram
text:
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 symmetry, and they can often be interpreted as visual puns. The term was coined by Douglas Hofstadter in 1983–1984. Most often, ambigrams appear as visually symmetrical words. When flipped, they remain unchanged, or they mutate to reveal another meaning. "Half-turn" ambigrams undergo a point reflection a
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Symmetrical calligraphic or typographic design that has multiple interpretations
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambigram
date created:
2004-01-24T17:22:43Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T04:41:25Z
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