Mishra, Punya and Bhatnagar, Gaurav
(2013)
Of Art & math : introducing ambigrams.
At Right Angles, 2 (3).
pp. 28-33.
ISSN 2582-1873
Abstract
Mathematicians love puzzles—they love to play with numbers
and shapes but often their love can turn to words and other areas
that, at least on the surface, have little to do with mathematics. In
this article we are going to focus on a very specific kind of artistic
wordplay (and its relationship to mathematics) called ambigrams.
The word ambigram was coined by cognitive scientist Douglas
Hofstadter from ‘ambi’ which suggests ambiguous and ‘gram’ for
letter. Ambigrams exploit how words are written and bring together
the mathematics of symmetry, the elegance of typography and
the psychology of visual perception to create surprising, artistic
designs. Most of all, they are great fun!
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