Do you know what an ambigram is? Douglas R. Hofstadter describes an ambigram as a “calligraphic design that manages to squeeze two different readings into the selfsame set of curves”. The first published reference to the term was by Hofstadter, who attributes the origin of the word to a friend. I hope you enjoy these ambigram generators and links included in my post today. Perhaps you can challenge your students to design an ambigram using their name or personal slogan.

Ambigram.net – Jonathan Gough, ambigram artist and designer, has posted a fascinating site that describes and features several examples of his ambigram art, as well as tutorial information that could be used to help students design their own ambigram art.

Ambigram.generator – flip any word, different words of the same length, or even an entire (symmetrically spaced) sentence on its head, and read it both ways!” Can you read the example below?

Wow Tattoos.com – The fact that I have included this tatto site does not mean that I sanction tattoos (actually, I feel tattoos are simply a personal choice), but the amigram art found on the site is quite interesting and it is fun to flip the artwork too! You can also generate artwork that could serve as inspiration for the ambigram artist in your classroom.

Flipscript – this site features an excellent ambigram generator. It also serves as a sales outlet for items that feature ambigram art.

Mathcats – learn about ambigrams and link to ambigram artwork from this site.

Ian Slegers Ambigramateur – visit this great blog to view some ambigram artwork like the sample below:

Ambigrams by Nagfa – another blog that features ambigram artwork. View the sample below as I end this post on a friendly note….