http://uwmike.com/articles/2007/09/21/ambigrams-again/ Hacker, Engineer, Dancer, Gentleman Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:32:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://uwmike.com/articles/2007/09/21/ambigrams-again/comment-page-1/#comment-21602 Mike Purvis Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:42:25 +0000 http://uwmike.com/articles/2007/09/21/ambigrams-again/#comment-21602 <p>The fact that it's ambiguous is generally a Bad Thing, but part of the art of ambigram design (the part that I get the least) is cloaking uncertainties using tricks in the surrounding letters... if the overall script has forward flags on lettertops, then you're more likely to accept one on a letter that doesn't ordinarily have it.</p> The fact that it’s ambiguous is generally a Bad Thing, but part of the art of ambigram design (the part that I get the least) is cloaking uncertainties using tricks in the surrounding letters… if the overall script has forward flags on lettertops, then you’re more likely to accept one on a letter that doesn’t ordinarily have it.

]]> http://uwmike.com/articles/2007/09/21/ambigrams-again/comment-page-1/#comment-21586 Christine Wed, 26 Sep 2007 22:59:30 +0000 http://uwmike.com/articles/2007/09/21/ambigrams-again/#comment-21586 <p>That letter you singled out looked a lot more like a "t" before I read you asking if it looked like an "f". Now it looks like both/either. I think I want pattern recognition skills!</p> That letter you singled out looked a lot more like a “t” before I read you asking if it looked like an “f”. Now it looks like both/either.
I think I want pattern recognition skills!

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