I’m very entertained by very clever logos and lettering puns.
So here’s the Chinese character that means “horse”:
And here’s an ad for a electronic pen that scans and translates between Chinese and English:
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Gorgeous! I love the way that the stroke order (and shape of each letter) is used to make the character. I didn’t actually see the letters, although they’re perfectly clear, until I clicked the link and saw it at a larger size.
Check out the work of Scott Kim. Some of his “inversions” are similar, readable in English/Hebrew (see “Elise Esther Diamond”), English/Japanese (see “origami”), etc.
That page has links to other “ambigram” artists, too.
Wow, thanks for that link, Penny! I am a happy net surfer….
It’s definitely pretty looking, but I wouldn’t have recognized that as the character for “horse” unless you told me.
“It’s definitely pretty looking, but I wouldn’t have recognized that as the character for “horse” unless you told me.”
Same — I think it’s the “S” stroke…