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knots10
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knots10
3 months ago by knots10
I’ve recently gotten into clean back alphas and am loving it. Except for the fact that if you do words then one side you can’t even read it.

So basically I was wondering if someone could make a palindrome type font. I figured it would take a bit so no rush on time. I just thought it would be cool to have a pattern like that. 😁

Thanks
knots10
Bracelet King
knots10
2 months, 2 weeks ago by knots10
@KrazyKnotz Would this be something you would be willing to try?
KrazyKnotz
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KrazyKnotz
2 months, 2 weeks ago by KrazyKnotz
I'm can try. Do you have a general example of what you are looking for? 🙂
halokiwi
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halokiwi
2 months, 2 weeks ago by halokiwi
Oh, I think I get it now.

So you want a pattern you can read from both sides? Would that be from the front and the back or from rightside-up and upside-down?

I think a font like that wouldn't be possible since you need to plan out every single word to work.
knots10
Bracelet King
knots10
2 months, 2 weeks ago by knots10
@KrazyKnotz @halokiwi What if all you did was flip the bracelet/keychain over and read it all starting at the same end. For example, if I wanted to make a keychain that said BraceletBook, all I had to do was turn the keychain over to see the back and read it starting at the same side as before. So basically a font that can be read upside down.
knots10
Bracelet King
knots10
2 months, 2 weeks ago by knots10
I don’t know if that makes sense, but it’s kinda like if you were to write the letter ‘B’ on a price of paper and let the ink bleed through then you could look at the reverse side of the paper and still be able to read it if you keep the left side of the paper on the left.
halokiwi
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halokiwi
2 months, 2 weeks ago by halokiwi
So all letters would have horizontal symmetry

I imagine for some letters it would look a bit odd / the letters would be hard to recognise

symmetrical letters (horizontal axis):
BCDEHIKOX

symmetrical letters (perpendicular axis):
AHIMOTUVWXY

Letters without symmetry (or only rotational symmetry):
FGJLNPQRSZ

I think you won't get very far with only so little letters. I think it would be necessary to design ambigrams (idk if you can still call it that) for the words that you want
knots10
Bracelet King
knots10
2 months, 2 weeks ago by knots10
@halokiwi yes! That!
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