amigrams

amigrams

Ben Delacob

Member #6,141

August 2005

Anyone ever try to make ambigrams (words which read the same when rotated [or sometimes mirrored or flpped])? Here's my attempt at "allegro":

{"name":"607255","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/f\/8\/f82aeac168ae172ce7aa17b8ca715523.png","w":959,"h":551,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/f\/8\/f82aeac168ae172ce7aa17b8ca715523"}

Here's one I made for my sister, Alia:

{"name":"607256","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/8\/1\/817b829b7bc78c6576722b4e8d7602f0.png","w":777,"h":374,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/8\/1\/817b829b7bc78c6576722b4e8d7602f0"}

Post any ambigrams you've made and tell me if mine work or not.

__________________________________
Allegro html mockup code thread -website-
"two to the fighting eighth power"

Elias

Member #358

May 2000

The allegro one is amazing. The Alia one is harder to read - I think I could have made it out without knowing what it means though.

--
"Either help out or stop whining" - Evert

Striker

Member #10,701

February 2009

Here, but i haven't made it:

German site

8-)

BTW these ambigrams are copyrighted.

Johan Halmén

Member #1,550

September 2001

Hey, this is fun. Have to write a drawing tool for this. Open challenge!

{"name":"607257","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/e\/a\/ea9803619f69a6f67a753f289fc753ae.png","w":741,"h":341,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/e\/a\/ea9803619f69a6f67a753f289fc753ae"}
10 minutes on Paint.net

Yes, the allegro is really cool!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Years of thorough research have revealed that the red "x" that closes a window, really isn't red, but white on red background.

Years of thorough research have revealed that what people find beautiful about the Mandelbrot set is not the set itself, but all the rest.

AleX-G Squadron

Member #13,593

October 2011

I really like the allegro one

www.anothergames.com

Elias

Member #358

May 2000

Johan Halmén said:

Have to write a drawing tool for this.

Inkscape has a clone feature which basically is just that. Write the first half of the word, clone it and rotate it 180°. Then you can edit all letters and the rotated copy is updated in realtime.

My attempt:

{"name":"607259","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/a\/0\/a0aeb8fefda1daf8d96210b27c5ed438.png","w":579,"h":247,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/a\/0\/a0aeb8fefda1daf8d96210b27c5ed438"}

--
"Either help out or stop whining" - Evert

Trezker

Member #1,739

December 2001

I don't think I've ever heard of ambigrams before.

[My github]

Matthew Leverton

Supreme Loser

January 1999

MOW

--
RTFM | Follow Me on Google+ | I know 10 people

james_lohr

Member #1,947

February 2002

OP: your "allegro" is pretty impressive. I'd never heard of ambigrams either.

GameCreator

Member #2,541

July 2002

I like the Allegro one too.

Jeff Bernard

Member #6,698

December 2005

Quote:

My attempt:

@Elias what's yours supposed to be? I think the middle three letters are supposed to be "biq", but I can't think of any words that like that and I can't make out the first and last letters (s or o or a?).

--
I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.

Matthew Leverton

Supreme Loser

January 1999

Jeff Bernard said:

@Elias what's yours supposed to be?

His name.

--
RTFM | Follow Me on Google+ | I know 10 people

Biznaga

Member #3,180

January 2003

Didn't Bach signed something like that?

Bach Seal

For a second, I thought "amigrams" (as spelled in the thread title) had something to do with "amigo"... "friendagrams" or something like that.

Edgar Reynaldo

Major Reynaldo

May 2007

The most prominent ambigram I can think of is the one from the Princess Bride, doing it with the title.

Eagle and Allegro 5 binaries | Older Allegro 4 and 5 binaries | Allegro 5 compile guide
King Piccolo will make it so Then I could just flip it with some sweet, sweet matrix math. In either case, I’ll ride this wagon until the wheels fall off. Thanks to those that keep it running

LennyLen

Member #5,313

December 2004

Edgar Reynaldo said:

The most prominent ambigram I can think of is the one from the Princess Bride, doing it with the title.

{"name":"Princess%2BBride%2BAmbigram.jpg","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/b\/e\/be9cee8e3d4546c1d6a2494c968f3c2c.jpg","w":354,"h":199,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/b\/e\/be9cee8e3d4546c1d6a2494c968f3c2c"}

Mark Oates

Member #1,146

March 2001

This is the coolest one I've seen:

{"name":"607262","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/8\/7\/87dfa95128e832056dc945d67a6d5465.jpg","w":580,"h":488,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/8\/7\/87dfa95128e832056dc945d67a6d5465"}

--
Visit CLUBCATT.com for cat shirts, cat mugs, puzzles, art and more <-- coupon code ALLEGRO4LIFE at checkout and get $3 off any order of 3 or more items!

AllegroFlare • AllegroFlare Docs • AllegroFlare GitHub

Johan Halmén

Member #1,550

September 2001

Elias, I'd try to integrate l and i.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Years of thorough research have revealed that the red "x" that closes a window, really isn't red, but white on red background.

Years of thorough research have revealed that what people find beautiful about the Mandelbrot set is not the set itself, but all the rest.

Elias

Member #358

May 2000

Johan Halmén said:

Elias, I'd try to integrate l and i.

Yeah, it was only a quick try (while in the office :X), just going letter by letter.

--
"Either help out or stop whining" - Evert

Jeff Bernard

Member #6,698

December 2005

Matthew Leverton said:

His name.

I don't see it/he's obiqs to me now, then.

--
I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.

Johan Halmén

Member #1,550

September 2001

I've thought of changing my name to Mopazedow.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Years of thorough research have revealed that the red "x" that closes a window, really isn't red, but white on red background.

Years of thorough research have revealed that what people find beautiful about the Mandelbrot set is not the set itself, but all the rest.

Arthur Kalliokoski

Second in Command

February 2005

Jeff Bernard said:

I don't see it/he's obiqs to me now, then.

{"name":"607266","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/4\/2\/42d4ba367e47e94396cf00a5d92cc5bc.png","w":579,"h":247,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/4\/2\/42d4ba367e47e94396cf00a5d92cc5bc"}

They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas.

weapon_S

Member #7,859

October 2006

First time I've heard about these too. The Allegro one is clever.

Yes well, legibility and correct punctuation might not be "street"... but that's how I roll, motherfucker. -Edward.
Yes it sounds more authoritative to invoke some cute phrase every few sentences, but it doesn't actually make an argument any more impressive. Matthew Leverton

William Labbett

Member #4,486

March 2004

Shame my name isn't spelt wailliam. It'd be really easy to do.

Ben must be a genius.

GameCreator

Member #2,541

July 2002

Schyfis

Member #9,752

May 2008

Here's my attempt at William, which is my name as well.
Had to mix capital and lowercase, but I think it turned out okay.

{"name":"607276","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/7\/e\/7e2495123d72c9b3e7fbc1469b9f4144.png","w":597,"h":179,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/7\/e\/7e2495123d72c9b3e7fbc1469b9f4144"}

________________________________________________________________________________________________________
[freedwill.us]
[unTied Games]