45° Reflection Ambigrams

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Shark Attack

A harder to create right-handed reflection because each letter reflects the same position in the word. Note how A reflects to A, and K to K.

Number 25

By keeping a consistent looking stylized font it was relatively easy to reflect the N to the R, the U to the E, and the M to the B. The 25 was added to fill out the design.

Mother

Note the heart shaped O and E. This one was designed for Mother's Day.

Horny Toad

Aka. horned lizard, native to the Western United States. Note how I resolved the Y problem by having both horizontal and vertical words share it.

Vaca Dude

Vaca is Spanish for cow, so I'm just trying to be funny here.

Nexus

Designing this word as an ambigram is how I discovered 45° reflections in the first place. Made for my son Erin's Burning Man camp.

A most unusual type of ambigram

45° reflection ambigrams are most easily read by placing a mirror at a 45° angle to the horizontal word. The examples pictured below are shown both ways, so that no mirror is required. They can also be read by placing the word onto a transparent material and rotating that at a 45° (see the Nexus example). This type of ambigram can be reflected to either the left (most common) or to the right.