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Symmetrical calligraphic or typographic visual pun
An ambigram is a calligraphic composition of glyphs (letters, numbers, symbols or other shapes) that can yield different meanings depending on the orientation
Ambigram
American professor of cognitive science (born 1945)
to the external world, consciousness, analogy-making, strange loops, ambigrams, artificial intelligence, and discovery in mathematics and physics. His
Douglas_Hofstadter
2000 novel by Dan Brown
presented as an ambigram on the hardcover book jacket, and on the inside cover of the paperback versions. The book also contains ambigrams of the words Earth
Angels_&_Demons
Art created by a set of rules, often using computers
Base: About "Davalan Ambigram Generator". Davalan.org. Retrieved 1 April 2020. "The Make Ambigrams Ambigram Generator". MakeAmbigrams.com. Retrieved 1 April
Generative_art
German brand of sweets
Maoam sales began on Easter 1931 in characteristic Maoam palindrome and ambigram logo. The packaging has only changed slightly to this day. Imitations of
Maoam
American graphic designer and artist (1946–2026)
Langdon (April 19, 1946 – January 1, 2026) was an American graphic designer, ambigram artist, painter and writer. From 1977, Langdon worked as a freelance artist
John_Langdon_(typographer)
International Morse code distress signal for help
beach. "S O S" being readable upside down as well as right side up (as an ambigram) is an advantage for visual recognition. Radio (initially known as "wireless
SOS
Creative work in which pictures and text convey information
Little Lady Lovekins and Old Man Muffaroo – At the house of the writing pig, by Gustave Verbeek, 1904, containing reversible figures and ambigram sentences
Comics
Method of writing text on seven-segment displays
product sign ("!") can be used to add emphasis. For example, "B00B1E5!". Ambigram ASCII art Emoticon Hexspeak Leetspeak Phoneword Transformation of text
Calculator_spelling
Image-generating machine learning model
layout, although like other generative AI models, it still struggles with ambigram creation. On June 3, 2026, Ideogram released its 4.0 model. In contrast
Ideogram (text-to-image model)
Ideogram_(text-to-image_model)
American writer (born 1964)
Brown released a CD titled Angels & Demons. Its artwork was the same ambigram by artist John Langdon which he later used for the novel Angels & Demons
Dan_Brown
Portmanteau and one-time observance
date formats, such as: 22/02/2022, 22/2/22 and 2/22/22. It is also an ambigram. In countries that apply the ISO 8601 international standard for the calendar
Twosday
1987 film by Rob Reiner
the film with flippable cover art featuring the title displayed in an ambigram. This DVD did not include any bonus features from the older editions, but
The_Princess_Bride
Sequence that reads the same forwards and backwards
((flourished 840–860) Wikifunctions has a palindrome check function. Alternade Ambigram Anadrome Anagram Ananym Anastrophe Antimetabole Backmasking Chiasmus Constrained
Palindrome
Numeral ambigram
number that is only divisible by one and itself (e.g., 11). It is a type of ambigram, words and numbers that retain their meaning when viewed from a different
Strobogrammatic_number
Image that exploits graphical similarities between two or more distinct images
by Gustave Verbeek containing ambigram sentences, 1904 Drawing of reversible female face by Rex Whistler, with ambigram ¡OHO!. 180° rotational symmetry
Ambiguous_image
Manufacturer of kitchen utensils, office supplies, and housewares
industry, and his son, John Farber. Sam Farber chose the name "OXO" as an ambigram that renders the three letters in "OXO" the same regardless of their orientation
OXO_(kitchen_utensils_brand)
2002 young adult novel by Clive Barker
the setting for the majority of the story. The title image contains an ambigram, which may indicate that it is derived from the Russian word 'наоборот'
Abarat
Fictional character
of ambigrams. An example of Langdon's ambigrams appeared on the cover of the first edition of Brown's novel Angels & Demons, and other ambigrams featured
Robert_Langdon
Skin modification using ink to create designs
Decal temporary ambigram tattoo Love / eros, on wrists
Tattoo
French literary movement
Ambigram Oulipo
Oulipo
American computer company, 1982–2010
interleaved copies of the word sun in the form of a rotationally symmetric ambigram, was designed by professor Vaughan Pratt, also of Stanford. The initial
Sun_Microsystems
Famous sentence
Mirror ambigram of Rose rose. In French, "rose" translates to "pink", thus "rose rose" means "pink rose".
Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose
Rose_is_a_rose_is_a_rose_is_a_rose
Shia Imam (632–661) and Rashidun caliph (656–661)
Ambigram depicting Muhammad (right) and Ali (left) written in a single word. The 180-degree inverted form shows both words.
Ali
Performing art involving the use of illusion
Ambigram Magic / Dream with a handheld pattern giving a reversed shadow by mirror symmetry. "It's all done with smoke and mirrors," as we say to explain
Magic_(illusion)
American rock singer and actor (born 1975)
an ambigram tattoo from Kim Saigh on his left forearm. Both of Toryn's Ambigram tattoos (Angel/Devil and Sinner/Saint) were designed by Ambigram Artist
Toryn_Green
Art genre
2000.10014. "Davalan Ambigram Generator". Davalan.org. Retrieved 1 April 2020. "The Make Ambigrams Ambigram Generator". MakeAmbigrams.com. Retrieved 1 April
Algorithmic_art
Form of writing, left-to-right and right-to-left in alternate lines
one from left to right, etc. The words are reversed in every other line. Ambigram Mirror writing Sator Square is read boustrophedonically in one interpretation
Boustrophedon
1975 studio album by ABBA
two bonus tracks, in 2001 with updated cover artwork incorporating their ambigram, first used for their next album Arrival, in 2005 as part of The Complete
ABBA_(album)
Space around an object
think an object looks like. Negative space is used with figure-ground ambigrams and tessellations to display words or pictures in different directions
Negative_space
Australian computer scientist (born 1944)
logo, which features four interleaved copies of the word "sun"; it is an ambigram. Pratt became professor emeritus at Stanford in 2000. A number of well-known
Vaughan_Pratt
Impossible object
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Penrose_stairs
German conceptual and performance artist
has been shown in Museums and Art fairs internationally. Her sculptural ambigram Love Hate [de] has travelled Europe as a symbol of peace and a change of
Mia_Florentine_Weiss
Branch of Shia Islam
Ambigram depicting Muhammad and Ali written in a single word. The 180 degrees inverted form shows both words.
Ismailism
1972 live album by Grateful Dead
against his forehead. Airborne drops of ice cream are drawn as a text ambigram, indistinctly spelling the word "LIVE". The inside credits list all 43
Europe_'72
2005 studio album by Paul McCartney
'Chaos and Creation in the Backyard' features Paul's name styled as an ambigram. Is it Paul McCartney or ʎǝuʇɹɐƆɔW lnɐԀ?" (Tweet). Archived from the original
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
Chaos_and_Creation_in_the_Backyard
Cotton company in Uganda
NOIR logo designed as an ambigram
Illuminati_II
Pictorial representation of a facial expression
relatively consistent in form, but some can be rotated (making them tiny ambigrams). There are also some variations to emoticons to get new definitions,
Emoticon
Lock-and-key pairing between two structures
codes) or to speed up how to read the opposite sequence in the complement (ambigrams).[citation needed] A cDNA library is a collection of expressed DNA genes
Complementarity (molecular biology)
Complementarity_(molecular_biology)
Optical illusion
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Persistence_of_vision
Text written in the opposite to usual direction
musanna. Ahriman – Middle Persian word traditionally written upside down Ambigram – Symmetrical calligraphic or typographic visual pun Faux Cyrillic – Several
Mirror_writing
Image-generating machine learning model
generative AI models, Imagen has difficulty rendering human fingers, text, ambigrams and other forms of typography. The model can generate images in five aspect
Imagen_(text-to-image_model)
Form of perceptual phenomena
Kirbach writes, "we might say that Saussure himself 'neckerized' the sign". Ambigram Binocular rivalry Multistable perception Pareidolia Rhombille tiling Schroeder
Necker_cube
Humans' ability to separate foreground from background in visual images
Figure-ground ambigram tessellation displaying the words Liar / Jail alternatively, using negative space.
Figure–ground_(perception)
American artist and writer
conferences. Along with John Langdon he is one of the co-discoverers of ambigrams. From the 1970s onward, his puzzles were frequently published in Martin
Scott_Kim
All-electric hatchback
Styling details: "Corona/Power Spoke" wheels and the E/plug ambigram embossed on the charge port door
Mini_Electric
Music management company and record label
Big Fish Theory 2024: Vince Staples - Dark Times List of record labels Ambigram "Blacksmith CEO Corey Smyth Forges His Own Style". The Urban Daily. 2011-11-19
Blacksmith_Records
2018 racing video game
Grip: Combat Racing The game's logo is stylized as an ambigram. Developer Caged Element Publisher Wired Productions Engine Unreal Engine 4 Platforms Nintendo
Grip:_Combat_Racing
Inscription consisting of the letters of an alphabet
Alphabet book – Children's book designed to teach the letters of the alphabet Ambigram – Symmetrical calligraphic or typographic visual pun Fayum alphabet – Ancient
Abecedarium
Word or phrase rearranged from another
anagrams of famous celebrities such as Alec Guinness and Spiro Agnew. Acronym Ambigram Anagrammatic poem Anagrams, a board game Ananym Blanagram Constrained writing
Anagram
Written work arranged in a way that creates a visual image
Bible in Latin by Gianluca Bosi A calligrapher at work on a school wall Ambigram Concrete poetry Islamic calligraphy Micrography Visual poetry "Li-Po y
Calligram
Comic book series
(vol. 2) was retitled to New X-Men starting with issue 114, featuring an ambigram logo. Along with these modifications, a new writer, Grant Morrison, was
X-Men:_Legacy
Visual depictions of Prophet Muhammad
range of ways of representing Muhammad's name is considerable, including ambigrams; he is also frequently symbolised by a rose. The more elaborate versions
Depictions_of_Muhammad
rearranging the letters of a word or phrase to produce a new word or phrase Ambigram: a word which can be read just as well mirrored or upside down Blanagram:
List_of_forms_of_wordplay
Image-generating machine learning model
addition to human limbs, Stable Diffusion is unable to generate legible ambigrams and some other forms of text and typography. Stable Diffusion XL (SDXL)
Stable_Diffusion
1976 composition by ABBA
helicopter pilot); the "K" in "MIKE" is likewise mirrored as a nod to ABBA's ambigram logo. "Arrival" – 2:46 "Polka" (live on European tour 1980) – 3:34 Mike
Arrival_(composition)
1976 studio album by ABBA
of Stockholm. The now-renowned "mirrored-B" copyrighted ABBA logo, an ambigram designed by Rune Söderqvist in 1976, was also premiered on this album cover
Arrival_(ABBA_album)
2007 British TV series or programme
throughout this series of this show are deceptive as they are rotational ambigrams and can read either 'Trick' or 'Treat' depending on which way up Brown
Trick_or_Treat_(TV_series)
2020 studio album by Lil Wayne
on the series. The calligraphic text on the cover features a rotational ambigram. It reads Funeral right side up and Lil Wayne upside down. On January 23
Funeral_(Lil_Wayne_album)
Greek palindrome
(ΝΙΨΟΝΑΝΟΜΗΜΑΤΑΜΗΜΟͶΑͶΟΨΙͶ), the sentence is not only a palindrome but also a mirror ambigram. Examples of the inscription The inscription can also be found in the following
Nipson anomēmata mē monan opsin
Nipson_anomēmata_mē_monan_opsin
2014 studio album by Project 86
Future" 3:17 5. "Son of Flame" 3:38 6. "Captive Bolt Pistol" 2:32 7. "Ambigram" 2:36 8. "Genosha" 3:38 9. "Pale Rider" 3:47 10. "Valley of Cannons" 2:55
Knives_to_the_Future
1969 studio album by Grateful Dead
front of the album, written in large, flowing capital letters, to be an ambigram that can also be read "we ate the acid". Kreutzmann states, "Aoxomoxoa
Aoxomoxoa
American artist (1862–1924)
An 1893 ambigram by Newell says both puzzle and, when flipped upside down, the end.
Peter_Newell
Television station in Grand Rapids, Michigan
1962–2009) Digital: 39 (UHF, 2002–2009) Call sign meaning "WZZM" forms an ambigram Technical information Licensing authority FCC Facility ID 49713 ERP 24
WZZM
French-born American industrial designer
Raymond Loewy's ambigram logo New Man
Raymond_Loewy
2013 studio album by Goodnight, Sunrise
and ends with a ticking clock. The album artwork features an intricate ambigram design designed by Polish artist Daniel Dostal. The album had success on
Create/Destroy/Create
Property of objects which appear unchanged after a partial rotation
rotocenters is 2 3 {\displaystyle 2{\sqrt {3}}} times their distance. Ambigram Axial symmetry Crystallographic restriction theorem Lorentz symmetry Point
Rotational_symmetry
Sentence that uses every letter of a language's alphabet
base Abecedarium – Inscription consisting of the letters of an alphabet Ambigram – Symmetrical calligraphic or typographic visual pun Chromatic scale –
Pangram
Image-generating deep learning model
on the wrong object. Additional limitations include generating text, ambigrams and other forms of typography, which often results in dream-like gibberish
DALL-E
1970 studio album by Grateful Dead
the front cover. Around the rose, the album title is scripted as a text ambigram that can also be read "American Reality". The back cover features a photograph
American_Beauty_(album)
contributions to Russian visual poetry. He invented and perfected the Russian ambigram, called listoverten' (Russian: листовертень; could be loosely translated
Dmitry_Avaliani
Season of television series
suggested that the book's cover should feature the word "Darkhold" as an ambigram, with the series' props department designing a new font to achieve this
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 4
Agents_of_S.H.I.E.L.D._season_4
Optical illusion of apparent motion
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Phi_phenomenon
French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist
Ambigram by Georges Perec
Georges_Perec
separate pictures. For example, the image shown forms a rabbit and a duck. Ambigram A calligraphic design that has multiple or symmetric interpretations. Ames
List_of_optical_illusions
German mathematician
American Mathematical Society. 2006. ISBN 0821839330. Eye Twisters: Ambigrams & Other Visual Puzzles to Amaze and Entertain. Constable. 2007. ISBN 9781402757983
Burkard_Polster
Class of illusion magic which is performed for an audience
Mechanical magic using a card with holes as letter shapes. Ambigram Magic / Dream with a handheld pattern giving a reversed shadow by mirror symmetry.
Mechanical_magic
5th episode of the 4th season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
suggested that the book's cover should feature the word "Darkhold" as an ambigram, with the series' props department designing a new font to achieve this
Lockup (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
Lockup_(Agents_of_S.H.I.E.L.D.)
Austrian composer and conductor (1883–1945)
help establish structural correspondences (or isomorphism) between its ambigrams (read boustrophedon) and his own musical permutations, including of melodic
Anton_Webern
Chemical compound, antibiotic
require a prescription. In Colombia (South America) it is marketed under Ambigram from Laboratorios Bussié. Noroxin was discontinued in the US as of April
Norfloxacin
American audio equipment company
retaining the same font. The word is a palindrome and the logo a rotational ambigram. Multiple Sonos devices in a single household are connected to each other
Sonos
Australian rules footballer
to Niddrie Secondary College. Carlisle has several tattoos. He has an ambigram tattoo of "mother" and "Darlene" on his arm, "Carlisle" on the right side
Jake_Carlisle
introspection, self-destruction, and redemption. The album artwork, an intricate ambigram design, was designed by Polish artist Daniel Dostal. Create/Destroy/Create
Goodnight_Sunrise
2006 studio album by 5th Projekt
the heavenly orbs of the sun and moon. The lid of the tin displays an ambigram of the title "Circadian," further emphasizing the predominant themes of
Circadian_(5th_Projekt_album)
Optical illusion
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Color_phi_phenomenon
behind Nathan's set of drums, it read MENEW. They made the name into an ambigram and began to play live locally. MENEW released their first EP, Of the Future
MENEW
American rock band
Grid" — "New Transmission" — "Pale Rider" 2014 — Knives to the Future "Ambigram" 2015 — "By Constantine" 2016 — Sheep Among Wolves "MHS" 2017 — "Metatropolis"
Project_86
American artist (1867–1937)
extreme restrictions on the use of word balloons (even with the use of ambigrams only three strips used word-balloons, all in March 1904). Although the
Gustave_Verbeek
Topics referred to by the same term
Langdon (typographer) (1946–2026), American typographer known for his ambigrams John Langdon Down (1828–96), British physician This disambiguation page
John_Langdon
1985 book by Douglas Hofstadter
two dialogues in the style of those appearing in Gödel, Escher, Bach. Ambigrams are mentioned. There are three articles centered on the Lisp programming
Metamagical_Themas
Former Canadian motor coach operator for the Maritime Provinces
"Acadian" for correspondence. Effectively, this made the logo a bilingual ambigram, as the "ɐ" could either stand for "a" (English), or "e" (French). Acadian
Acadian_Lines
Methods for geometric modification of computer text
slogan (εıз). The use of transformation in this fashion is known as an ambigram. Calculator spelling on seven-segment displays, where numbers represent
Transformation_of_text
Radio station in Sun Prairie–Madison, Wisconsin, United States
meaning From the station's former MiX format (call letters also form an ambigram) Technical information Licensing authority FCC Facility ID 17383 Class
WXXM
Universal notation of DNA nucleotides
🮅🮄🮄🮂🮅🮅🮅🮅🮂🮂🮂🮅🮅🮃🮂🮂🮂🮂🮅🮅🮄🮂🮂🮃🮂🮃🮅🮅🮄🮄🮄🮂🮃🮂🮃🮂🮅🮅🮄🮂🮂🮂🮅 Ambigrams (symbols that convey different meaning when viewed in a different orientation)
Nucleic_acid_notation
2009 soundtrack album by Hans Zimmer
that the film calls for. As a nod to Langdon, he hid a five-note musical ambigram in the score, and also developed the "Chevaliers de Sangreal" track from
Angels_&_Demons_(soundtrack)
the cards were ambigrams; however, in the second series, they were replaced by two more clearly defined cards that were no longer ambigrams. Episodes of
List_of_Derren_Brown_shows
American artist
almost completely of text (including calligraphy, typography, anagrams, ambigrams, free verse, and cut-up technique poetry) to those that are optical illusions
Eric_Millikin
Dutch artist (born 1967)
published by From Here to Fame Publishing in Berlin. John Langdon, an ambigram artist, wrote the preface and discusses the first time he met Meulman and
Niels_Shoe_Meulman
sculptor Mariana Cook, American portrait photographer Scott Kim, American ambigram artist and puzzle designer Miroslav Grčev, Macedonian architect and graphic
1955_in_art
Educational foundation in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Gathering for Gardner, as well as the logo for the first CoM event, employs ambigrams designed by long-time Gardner associate Scott Kim. Packed with wonderful
Gathering_4_Gardner
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