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Thanks Vinh! Tee hee hee
Friday March 04, 2011 at 23:27
Tags: submission meta signs language
this one really makes me giggle. thanks john-mike. i promise i’ll figure out how to make it so you can post to this blog directly… one of these days.
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This was originally posted by user sudama over at that milkshake site.
THIS IS NOT AN AD
Autologlyphs
“What is an autologlyph?”, you may wonder. Simply put, an autologlyph is a a visual representation of a mathematical concept using the word itself. The presentation of the letters that make up the word demonstrate its definition.
Here’s a simple example we can all appreciate:
The term “autologlyph” was coined by Henry Segerman, and most examples I’ve seen were designed by Henry as well.
You definitely need a bit of a math background to understand some of them. Henry has many at his website—- do yourself a favor and check some of them out!
Falling somewhere between ambigrams, autological words, concrete poetry and graphic design, but with a definite mathematical slant, these seem to be a new artform.
Given my penchant for math, meta, and clever things, I suspect Metaficionado will be featuring some of Henry’s designs in the future!
Disclosure: Henry’s a postdoc at my university, and one of my teachers, too.
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