Image: Ambigramme de Georges Perec - andin basnoda a une epouse qui pue - animation

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Description: Ambigram by Georges Perec (Oulipo member) : "andin basnoda a une epouse qui pue" (Andin Basnoda has a smelly wife in French). 180° rotational symmetry. Created with the Arial typeface, very slightly modified. Perec called his creation "vertical palindrome". The French typographer Pierre di Sciullo created a typeface named "Basnoda" in homage to this ambigram. Sources: Manuscript 1 by Georges Perec Manuscript 2 by Georges Perec Les tristes épousailles d'Andin Basnoda Pierre di Sciullo & Bernard Magné (in French) Perec Parapheur, Bernard Magné (archive) L'écrit touareg du sable au papier. Un typographe français a retranscrit l'alphabet des hommes du désert. (Libération, in French)
Title: Ambigramme de Georges Perec - andin basnoda a une epouse qui pue - animation
Credit: https://web.archive.org/web/20070204091523/http://www.cabinetperec.org/anciens-numeros/cabinet-1/basnoda/basnoda-annexe1.html
Author: Georges Perec
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedication
License: CC0
License Link: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
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