Letters that look the same upside down

An ambigram is a typographical design or symbol consisting of text modified in such a way that it can be read in different orientations – inverted, rotated, mirror-image, etc. For example, the logo of Sun Microsystems (no. 4 below) is a brilliantly-designed ambigram that reads ‘SUN’ from all directions. Another famous example is the New Man logo (no. 6 below), designed by Raymond Loewy in 1969. It looks the same upside down or when rotated 180 degrees.

Apart from commercial logos, ambigrams are commonly used in tattoo designs, calligraphy, gothic typography, book covers (Dan Brown’s Angels & Demons), music albums, and more. In today’s post, we’ve compiled some brilliant examples of rotational ambigrams in logo design that look the same when viewed upside down. Check them out below.

1. Raffles Cafe & Bar

2. Vista

3. Onvo Media

4. Sun Microsystems

5. Elite

6. New Man

7. Aerosmith

8. Vegas

9. Texas

10. Handy Instant Booking

11. Trust

Horizontal ambigram

12. Yeah

13. Vizia

14. Oysho

15. Edge

16. Honey

17. 312

18. Noon

19. Cheap

20. Maxew

21. Kasek

22. ABBA

Horizontal ambigram

23. Sayyes

24. Edoga

25. Good

26. Awesome Industries

27. Society 27

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What 5 letter word looks the same upside down and backwards?

The answer is "Palindrome", because a palindrome is a word, phrase, verse, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward. Let's try some more palindrome riddles!

What 4 letter word is the same upside down?

The correct answer is- Noon. Noon is the four-letter word that even if you flip it, will remain the same. That is this four-letter word can be written from forward, backward or upside down, but it will not change its spelling.

How do you write an ambigram?

The steps of creating an ambigram.

Step 1: Figure out the letter pairs. ... .

Step 2: Choose an appropriate font. ... .

Step 3: Select the suitable case. ... .

Step 4: Match the letters and highlight similarities. ... .

Step 5: Try, discard, correct. ... .

Try it out! ... .

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Is 2 an ambigram?

An ambigram is not the same as a palindrome, which is something that can be read the same backward and forwards. The date 22/02/22 is, however, both an ambigram and palindrome. The number 2 is, of course, an ambigram number alongside 0, 1, and 8.