Words are not just a string of letters, when it comes to design. An artistically designed lettering uses a combination of lines, curves and spaces to create an impact. Text designs often play with meanings and make new meanings of the word that is depicted. Take ambigrams for example. This is a lettering style in which you can play with many different ideas, while looking at the words from more than one direction. The clever designs of ambigrams makes for powerful tattoo ideas.
The strange and interesting world of ambigrams attracts many tattoo artists. In an ambigram tattoo, if you look at the letters from one direction, they make one meaning. When you look at it from another direction, the letters may make a totally different meaning. Another way to ink Ambigram tattoos is to use mirror reflections as an idea. In these tattoos, the letters carry the same meaning, from whichever direction you may you look at them, up or down. The letters are cleverly styled so that they can express more than one meaning. A ‘p’ looked at from top may become a ‘d’. The symbolic play makes ambigrams amazingly complex and unique. Playing with stylized Old English fonts also creates fascinating ambigrams. Check out these stunning tattoos.
Dynamic Tattoo
Short lines broken with sharp angles look dynamic in this two arms tattoo design.
Mirror Image Tattoos
One tattoo is the mirror image of another, in these stylish inner wrist ink designs.
Mirror Image Tattoos
Simply Revenge Ambigram
Strong thick lines with sharp spikes spell out ‘revenge’. Whether the ambigram is viewed from the top or bottom, revenge remains constant.
Flowy Letters Tat
The double lined letters are interlinked to make up this powerfully shaded word tattoo.
Stylish Font Word Tattoo
Take a look at the vertical line, stylized loops and sharp angles in this tattoo.
Reverse Ambigram Tattoo
This tattoo cleverly uses a medieval font to ink ‘Carpediem’ as an ambigram. The ‘p’ in the straight view becomes a ‘d’ when viewed from the opposite direction.
Reverse Ambigram Tattoo
Medieval Font Ambigram Tattoo
Every letter of this powerfully inked medieval font tattoo, can represent more than one thing. The ‘Y’ at the end can also be an upside down ‘R’.
Double Design Ambigram Tattoo
The double lined letters with plenty of spaces look confusing. The ‘y’ can also be read an ‘h’.
Powerful Word Tattoo
The powerful play of lines and angles gives a stylized feel to this text tattoo.
Watching Eye Wolf Ambigram
The bold letters in a tribal design depict ‘wolf’. The eye shaped ‘o’ is the highlight of the design.
Watching Eye Wolf Ambigram
Everything Is Interconnected
Strong flowy lines with plenty of loops give an attractive look to this arm tattoo.
Stylized Tat
The elaborate loops give a powerfully symmetrical look to this stylized tattoo.
Family Tat
Bold lines and large loops with dense shades in each letter spell out ‘Family’.
Amazing Ambigram
Done with huge stylized curves in a cursive flow, this ambigram tattoo says ‘Paula’. It reads the same from the top and bottom.
Amazing Ambigram
Stunning Hand Tat
Powerful lines, broken edges and sharp corners play together in this stunning hand tattoo.
Power Of One Ambigram
This stunningly simple ambigram reads ‘una’ from above and below. The sharp angles and interlinked lines are powerful.
Strong Flow Tattoo
Straight lines flow till a certain point and shape into curves, in this playful medieval font text tattoo.
This Is Life Tattoo
Huge loops and straight lined letters with slanted ends, look powerful in this word tattoo.
Karmick Tattoo
The straight lined letters with the pointy middles give a boldly symmetrical look to this spiritual tattoo.
Dancing Word Tattoo
Dense lines shade off into finer flowy ink designs, in this dancing word tattoo.
Cute Devil Word Tattoo
Bold broad lines with tiny tails on some of the letters, give an elegant look to this tattoo. Note the horns, the tail and the wicked halo, which express the idea of the devil.
Hand Ambigram Tattoo
This text tattoo uses a brilliant ambigram. Inked in a stylized font, ‘A’ and ‘i’ read the same even when you turn the tattoo upside down.
Simply Complex Atheist’s Tattoo
The simple lines of this flowy tattoo cleverly spell out the same word, from both directions.
Simply Complex Atheist’s Tattoo
Playful Lines Tattoo
The play of dense and fine lines looks graceful in this medieval font text tattoo inked on the arm.
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Actually, I really can’t understand the thought of these designs then. LOL. However, the font used in this collection is very nice. ^^
Wow these decoratice ambigram tattoo fonts are so cool and looks stylish.
Hand Ambigram Tattoo is so decorative and looks very much stylish.
The Ambigram Tattoos is look more beautiful and stylus look i like that tattoo.