Flip the script...

This past Tuesday I rented Angles & Demons and after watching it I wanted to try my brain at creating an ambigram of my name. Ambigrams are those typographical treatments that may be read as one or more words not only in its form as presented, but also from another viewpoint, direction, or orientation. In my research I found that this display-type form originated in the late nineteenth century, rendering the stories claim of them dating back some 400 years historically incorrect. The ones featured in the film (earth, wind, fire, water, and illuminati) were created in blackletter by current king-supreme of ambigrams is Mr. John Langdon. 

Ambgrams are not mutually exclusive to blackletter-type, they can be created in any style in which the artist is comfortable and/or competent. I did feel the pairing was complimentary and stayed with it. Rather than using contemporary blackletter I used characteristics indicative the late 19th century blackletter based off the of Albion-Gotisch created in 1880 by Hausschnitt Von Benjamin Krebs Nachf. The other type on this page is based off 19th century letterpress.

 

and flipped....