10/16/03’s illustrious band:

Ambigram

Brought to you by Dan Brown, author of Angels & Demons, the book he wrote before his current bestseller The Da Vinci Code.

Based on my enjoyment of The Da Vinci Code, I picked up A&D at the bookstore on the way home last night and settled in for another gripping read. I hadn’t gotten but a few short chapters into the narrative when I was introduced to the concept of the ambigram. An ambigram is a word that spells something when read from a different angle as when viewed right side up. MOW and SWIMS are one kind of ambigram. MOM is another kind; although it doesn’t spell the same thing upside down, it does spell a real word, MOM.

It takes some fancy lettering to produce ambigrams from nonsymmetrical words. It's an art form in itself, really, and hard to explain. So below is a link you can check out to see for yourself. There's a much more thorough explanation of ambigrams and a place where you can type in a word you'd like to see ambified. "BANDNAME" comes out looking mighty funky. This is a whole new twist on playing with words. Give it a try!

www.ambigram.com

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