Ambigram: suggestions?

pica pusher
12.Jun.2008 2.14pm
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Long time absent from the forums - my hard drive fried a while back and sad to say I lost the font I’d been working on. Onward and upward.

Here’s an ambigram I’m drawing up of my name. I think I have the basic shapes solved, but it’s feeling kind of discombobulated in terms of rhythm. Any suggestions as to how it could be corrected?



cerulean
12.Jun.2008 6.31pm
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It reads pretty well. The main source of the “discombobulated” aspect is probably the lowercase n/e, which creates a mismatched double letter. See if you can rework it into a capital E, matching the I/E as much as you can. Also, I think you can make the L/G clearer both ways by attaching the bottom loop of the L at the bottom end instead, then making it much bigger for the g counter.


pica pusher
13.Jun.2008 9.31am
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Awesome feedback; thanks! I’m having trouble understanding what you mean about the L/G though. Here’s a newer version.


cerulean
13.Jun.2008 1.09pm
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Excellent polish; it’s looking great now.
Here’s quick scribble of what I was thinking of, keeping in mind I may be wrong about it:


pica pusher
16.Jun.2008 7.02am
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I’m having trouble reading that as an L, I’m afraid. But I agree there’s probably a better solution for that combination - how does this strike you?


cerulean
18.Jun.2008 9.18pm
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Very clever indeed, and and it adds a lot of visual appeal.