In 1986 Lee Sallows invented the alphamagic square — spell out each number in this magic square and count its letters (25 -> TWENTY-FIVE -> 10), and you’ll produce another magic square:
David Brooks points out that this works also in Pig Latin.
Sallows extends the idea into geometry:
![http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geomagic_square_-_Alphageo.jpg](http://www.futilitycloset.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-27-words-and-numbers-3.jpg)