I love ambigrams. I first discovered what one was when my 9th grade English teacher, Mrs. Tomayko, showed us the newest cover of our high school literary magazine, Silver Quill. It was a beautifully done ambigram reading "Silver Quill" both upside down and right sight up. I was instantly mesmerized.
From then on, I have designed a handful of ambigrams myself. My favorite one I did was for my college ultimate team, Pansy. I doodled it over the course of a few lectures. I never did show my teammates though. I had hoped it would be printed on one of our discs, but I never got it scanned and sent out to my team.
What brought all of this about? Well I just ran into the cover of the The Princess Bride (20th Anniversary Edition)
Yes, it is an ambigram. Look:
Gorgeous.
BTW, if you love the movie, read the book
. Seriously. If you someone who will bump into me in person, borrow my copy. You will learn of why Inigo seeks the 6 fingered man and how Buttercup rose to become the most beautiful woman in the world. You will love it.
2 comments:
Hi RoboJenny,
I just opened a blog and was learning how to use it. I was browing on other blogger's page and happened to see yours. Your "Ambigram" caught my attention; I feel that Ambigram is an amazing art.
The first time I encountered them is when I was reading Dan Brown's "Angels & Demons". He has become one of my favorite writers since the novel. I admired how much research and efforts he put into the book and well related science to religion and vice versa. I did not find any illy explained correlation between the two schools that would usually lead to my criticism.
I also like Princess Bride. I owned the DVD version and so only watched it rather than read it. The movie was rather entertaining.
I have never read Princess Bride, but I will consider reading it if I can find a copy of it... :)
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