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Keywords: Upside, Vantage, Legible, Read, Word
a form of lettering in which a word or phrase can be read in more than one direction
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a graphical representation of a word or phrase that looks the same from more than one direction or orientation
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a sentance or a single word that is written in such way, that it becomes readable even if you rotate it
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a typographic dazzler that, in its most typical form, can be read both right-side-up and upside-down
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a word or a group of words which can be read in at least two different ways
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a word or phrase that can be read in more than one way or from more than one vantage point
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a word or phrase that can be read in multiple ways or from multiple vantage points, relying on unusual ways of writing letters
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a word or words lettered so as to be legible from more than one vantage point
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a word or words that can be read in more than one way or from more than a single vantage point
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a word or words that look the same when turned upside-down
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a word that flips onto itself or another word or words
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a word that is written, such that it reads the same when turned upside-down
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a word that reads the same either right side up or upside-down
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a word that reads the same way backwards
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a word written in such a way that it is legible both rightside-up and upside-down
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A word or sentence that can be read in more than one way. This can be achieved in several ways, for example by writing the word so it can be interpreted in more than one way, or by making it also meaningful when turned upside down. The name comes from Latin where ambi = both and gram = letter
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An ambigram, also sometimes known as an inversion, is a graphical figure that spells out a word not only in its form as presented, but also in another direction or orientation. Douglas R. Hofstadter describes an ambigram as a "calligraphic design that manages to squeeze two different readings into the selfsame set of curves."
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