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Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Ambigram Maze - Sweet!

Whoa. Ed points to an ambigram maze that Brett Gilbert did for his sister Andrea. See Wikipedia's explanation of ambigrams, those funny blocks of text that can be read the same way backwards or upside-down or whatever, not because they're palindromes but through tricks with letter stylings. Scott Kim's are probably the most famous.



So here's the deal with Brett's maze (I've never met him, I don't think, but I've met his sister briefly). Start at the green "amaze" and follow instances of the word "maze" until you get to the red "amazes." You'll find that the words go up, down, left, and right. You'll also notice that there are only two shapes in the bulk of the maze. It's the orientation that makes it an "a" on one pass and an "e" on the other.



I haven't done it yet, but I'm fully intending to print out a copy and play with it. Good luck!