Welcome to the ambigram font definitive topic page.  This page is kept updated with a list of every ambigram font that currently exists.

One reason we created this page is that there is a lot of misinformation regarding ambigram fonts.  Some less-than-honest sites have advertised that they do have an “ambigram font” available, when in fact, the download they are offering contains a virus, spyware, malware, or other nasty stuff that you do NOT want on your computer. A real ambigram font is actually very rare.

So, we put this page together to help you in your search for an actual ambigram font. Please visit the linked pages for licensing information and to find out if the fonts are free or not.

Ambigram Fonts

Name / Link	Type	Example	Notes
One Eighty	Character Rotation		This font only contains 13 glyphs to represent all 26 letters of the English alphabet. Each letter becomes another letter when turned upside down. The letters in the inverse orientation can not be specified, and they come out however they do. In other words, the words created with this font can NOT be read upside down as anything meaningful (only the characters can be rotated... the words can not).
One-Eighty	Character Rotation		Although similarly named, this is a completely different font from above. However, the concept is similar. This font has characters that can be rotated to become other characters. The letters in the inverse orientation are fixed, and can not be specified. Once again, this is a character rotation font, NOT a word rotation font. The words created with this font can NOT be read upside down.
Ambigram	Lake Reflection		This is not a rotational ambigram font, but a reflected one. This font contains characters that have horizontal mirror symmetry. In other words, they appear as though they are being reflected in a lake.
Flexion	Mixed Reflection		Flexion was derived from totem ambigrams that John Langdon designed for the DaVinci Code movie title sequences, although they were not used in the final production. Flexion was not designed as an ambigram font per se, but as a font that would harmonize well with the actual ambigrams. As such, it could be useful in creating a limited number of totem ambigrams. While not all of it's characters are horizontally symmetrical, those that are not find their symmetrical counterparts in other leters of the font.

That’s it! Only 4 ambigram fonts exist (free or commercial).

Surprised?

Word Rotational Ambigram Font

You’re probably familiar with ambigrams that say one thing when upright, and another thing when upside-down. You may be surprised to see that there is no font in the list above for creating those ambigrams.

Stated differently, no font exists that allows you to type in a word (or 2 words), and then turn the word upside-down and still read it. Yet, this is the type of ambigram that you are probably most familiar with.

So, why is there no word rotational ambigram font?

Well, it makes logical sense when you think about it. If such a thing existed, how would you ever “type” using a word rotational ambigram font?

Does your computer type upside-down and backwards (right to left)?

No? Well, then you couldn’t create that upside-down word using an ambigram font even if such a thing existed (and it doesn’t). How would you possibly specify the characters?

Since a word rotation ambigram font does not exist, you have two options if you would like to have an ambigram that you can rotate and read upside-down. You can either contact one of the excellent ambigram artists that practice the art (see our “artists” category for some of the best), or you can create an ambigram online.