Words built to occupy three dimensions — letterforms that lift off the page, cast shadows, and sometimes read as an entirely different word once you walk around them. Where an ambigram plays with rotation on a flat surface, these play with depth. The constraint is physical: the design has to survive being seen from more than one angle. Some examples and a video below.
These were first shown in Words in 3 Dimensions. Related: the Praise / Blame design and an earlier triplet ambigram.
More 3D words from the blog
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