Regarding typography and the use of uncommon letter images, I personally do like the (moderate) use of type reflection. Sometimes evidently but also ’undercover’, as they can function as regular types.
Like a mirrored ’z’ (=s) or a mirrored ’w’ (=m). Well, there are several options.
Is this a well-mannered way of creating a nice text image or just a cheap trick from an Illustrator-freak?
Actually, it’s both.
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That’s a very polite way of telling me I’m talking rubbish. :-)
Maybe I should change the question.
I wonder if one could create (=bring together) a set of characters (types) which, by means of rotation and reflection, cover the whole alfabet.
Let’s say: e and a act as two representatives of one type: e and e-rotated. So do, for example, w and m, or u and n.
Is there a minimal set of characters which are prerequisite for the completion of a whole alfabet? And if so, which set?
Does anyone know about similar typographic experiments?
Do a search for ambigrams here. Not your idea full fleshed out but it’s a start…
peace
My computer at work has this face called “wrongfont” by adobe that seems to be along the same lines as what you’re talking about. I know I’ve seen it used before, but i can’t find it anywhere on the web.
Hmm, the idea is quite like what I had in mind, but read this way it’s just a little type play, not to be taken too seriously. It’s got some interesting elements, however, like the rotated ampersand, which has become more of a p than I would have expected. I also like the rotation of h into y.
Anyway, I’ll do some more research. Also on the ambigram; some of them look really attractive.
Thx!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet
The Kiss FM logo doesn’t really do what you want but is interesting in that it still reads. And I think that is the problem with the Z=S even reflected a Z is a Z
http://www.kiss100.com/
Tim
What about this combination?
STOPWOORD?
That’s right. Filler.
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