New ambigram: Nihal

by | Friday, October 09, 2009

My friend, Hartosh (I had written previously about his mathematical novel here) and his wife Pam, recently had a baby boy. This ambigram is of his name: Nihal

Nihal ambigram

Enjoy.

Topics related to this post: Ambigrams | Art | Creativity | Design | Fun | India | Personal | Worth Reading

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6 Comments

  1. Katherine

    Hello. A friend at work and his wife just had a baby boy and his name is Nihal. Would it be alright if I copied your ambigram for a name wall art to give them as a gift?

    Reply
    • Punya Mishra

      Of course. Congratulations to your friend and family. Let me know if you need a higher resolution version.

      Reply
  2. Gaurav Bhatnagar

    Do one which reads pinky upside down…that would be funny, though unfair. Here’s another idea: do pamtosh which reads nihal upside down.

    Reply
  3. pankaj

    oh, i like this, but as a challenge, shouldn’t the ambigram be in the original script that the name belongs to? 😉

    Reply
    • Punya Mishra

      Well, I don’t know Gurmukhi 🙂

      And Hindi, boy, that’s a tough language to create ambigrams in. I have tried with no real success.

      Reply
  4. leigh

    i REALLY like this one

    Reply

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