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Jason, incase it is difficult to read.

#1: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Feb 17, 2010

New version published by jmarsh10.

One of the more interesting text puzzles I've solved. Nicely done.

cool concept, reminds me of the illuminati from the angels and demons book

At first I wasn't going to rate this puzzle as I could not find "ambigram" in the dictionary (on-line or off). However, a search came up with the information that it is apparently a made-up name by the tatoo industry for words that can be read right-side up or up-side down. Using that definition this is a fair image.

Reminds me of the logo of a paper supply company that I often see on trucks: xpedx. They draw their "e" as three horizontal lines so the name becomes an ambigram. This is no doubt very convenient when their trucks roll over. I suppose it is also very handy for tatoos. If you want to tatoo your name on your chest, it's nice if you can read it too.

I thank you for the word "ambigram". I hadn't known it. Some words are natural ambigrams that work even in normal fonts, like "pod" and "SOS". Surely there are some longer than three letters. Ah! "suns" works.

I agree with #4.

LOL Jan!

I'd never heard of an ambigram, either, but I like the concept: like a visual, sideways palindrome. Sort of.

If you look at the cover of the movie, "The Princess Bride," you will have an excellent example of an ambigram (a term I've never seen either). INCONCEIVABLE

Oh that is so cool!
http://www.screenhead.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/princessbride454_screen.jpg

:)

I love the movie cover. Whoever designed that was a genius.

However, I'm amazed that nobody has found a longer natural ambigram than "suns". Surely there is a puzzle freak among us who can find a longer one?

From google:

solos
dollop

you should check out some of the ambigrams from this book, whose title also happens to be an ambigram:

http://www.still-my-heart.org/angels/ad_ambigram.gif

there is even an ambigram generator out there haha

I have my doubts about solos and dollop. When viewed upsidedown, the l's look wrong.

"WHO OHM" doesn't actually make any sense

"WHOLE 37OHM" isn't better.

'NOON" works.

Jamaican snowmen: "SNOWMONS"

"OH HO"

Ambi-gram = "both" "written"

Remember, there are different types, not just rotational.

MA'AM gives a reflection-ambigram. As does HAH, bod...

And MOM rotated gives WOW - a two-meaning ambigram

what they all said, was a cool puzzle

i like how you wrote it.

a snow mouse

I make ambigrams for people (for free!)

SWIMS
wim
I :)
axe
quopsdonb. :)
iPod!

SWIMS
wim
I :)
axe
quopsdonb. :)
iPod!

This is one of those terms that I keep forgetting. I've heard it before, but this puzzle will make me remember. So that's very cool.

Also, very clever, Darren!

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