Flipping Text (off)

[LaRetta]

˙spɹoʍ pǝddılɟ ʇdǝɔɔɐ llıʍ sɯnɹoɟ ɯɟ ɟı ǝǝs oʇ ʇsǝʇ ɐ ʇsnɾ sı sıɥʇ

It does not work when pasted into FileMaker text field however - drat; nor a container field. I was just testing it.

Why would I want to? I didn't say I did. I just liked it and wanted to see what value it might have in FM. Of course I can create another layout with the field flipped (for display). It's just that ... when I find something I like, I can't help but try to find more places I might use it.

LaRetta

Edited July 8, 2007 by Guest

[comment]

I can paste it into a field - if I paste it into a text editor first, then copy it from there.

I suppose this could come in handy if Tom Cruise wanted to type something while hanging from the ceiling?

[LaRetta]

Ah, funnnny! Well, I was thinking about wanting to print something onto one page which can be folded to create a 2-sided document or letters that wrap around a picture (funky but I've seen it). Of course we can just create a layout with the text Arrange > Rotated but that's not as dynamic as this could have been. I will keep that in mind about dumping into text editor first; that could be handy information.

I'm doing it simply for fun, I guess. For anyone interested, I found it here and it tickled me. Yes, I'm a strange sort but I'm still chuckling over it.

L

[comment]

Well, rotating would be better, since this method is rather limited in choice of characters (e.g. no caps). Basically it's just a Substitute(), and some of the substituted characters are a stretch.

Anyway, it's fun for me, because that's how I first learned to read.

[Stuart Taylor]

Hey LaRetta,

I saw this on Digg a few days ago. It's fun.

It is probably useful for discussing topics with Genx who is upside down in Australia

xuǝƃ ollǝɥ

[LaRetta]

Oh, how appropriate, Stuart!

I'm still trying to envision how someone could learn to read using this method.

All I can come up with is the vision of a very small child standing inside a store looking out a store window with lettering on it but that wouldn't be upside down only reversed. Reversed is easy for me to read - unside down isn't! Hey Michael, please explain! Were you hung in a tree while studying?

It makes me feel dizzy when considering text flipping like this, hence the (off) added for emphasis. It's probably a result of my limited life knowledge. :yep:

Edited July 8, 2007 by Guest

[LaRetta]

Oh! Someone reading a book to you and you watching the book from across the table as they did! Right? Right? Puzzles - I love 'em!

[comment]

Close: sitting across the table watching my older brother doing his homework.

[LaRetta]

Thanks! My mind wouldn't stop trying to come up with methods! Now I can rest. :king:

[Vaughan]

Hey LaRetta: for us Aussies, that's the first bit of text we've been able to read without turning our heads around!

[LaRetta]

ROFLMFAO!

¡ʍou ǝɯıʇ ǝɥʇ llɐ sıɥʇ ǝʞıl noʎ oʇ ƃuıpuodsǝɹ ǝq ll,ı os uıɐɹʇs ʞɔǝu ƃuıʌɐɥ ɯoɹɟ noʎ dǝǝʞ oʇ ʇuɐʍ ǝʍ ¡uɐɥƃnɐʌ 'ɥƃnɐl ʇɐɥʇ pǝpǝǝu ı

Ha ha! :wink2:

[Genx]

Lol, suprisingly that is quite easy to read.

[Stuart Taylor]

Hi LaRetta,

Was feeling a bit bored so here is a little present.

It works on OS X + 8.5

Hope it works for you, although i still see no application for it myself other than a bit of fun.

:)

d__l__.fp7.zip

[LaRetta]

Hey Stuart

I SHALL have fun with it because ... well, because I'm strange! And one never knows when/where a need will arise for something strange so everything lands in my toolkit and never disappears. Thank you! :smile2: