diff --git a/cucul/Makefile.am b/cucul/Makefile.am
index 1b2fe4e..918db1f 100644
--- a/cucul/Makefile.am
+++ b/cucul/Makefile.am
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ libcucul_la_SOURCES = \
 	cucul.h \
 	cucul_internals.h \
 	canvas.c \
+	transform.c \
 	charset.c \
 	math.c \
 	line.c \
diff --git a/cucul/cucul.h b/cucul/cucul.h
index 96fbc15..77e183c 100644
--- a/cucul/cucul.h
+++ b/cucul/cucul.h
@@ -146,6 +146,16 @@ void cucul_clear(cucul_t *);
 void cucul_blit(cucul_t *, int, int, cucul_t const *, cucul_t const *);
 /*  @} */
 
+/** \defgroup transform Canvas transformation
+ *
+ *  These functions perform horizontal and vertical canvas flipping.
+ *
+ *  @{ */
+void cucul_flip(cucul_t *);
+void cucul_flop(cucul_t *);
+void cucul_rotate(cucul_t *);
+/*  @} */
+
 /** \defgroup prim Primitives drawing
  *
  *  These functions provide routines for primitive drawing, such as lines,
diff --git a/cucul/transform.c b/cucul/transform.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b7f9b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cucul/transform.c
@@ -0,0 +1,309 @@
+/*
+ *  libcucul      Canvas for ultrafast compositing of Unicode letters
+ *  Copyright (c) 2002-2006 Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
+ *                All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *  modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You Want To
+ *  Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar. See
+ *  http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING for more details.
+ */
+
+/** \file transform.c
+ *  \version \$Id$
+ *  \author Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
+ *  \brief Canvas transformation
+ *
+ *  This file contains horizontal and vertical flipping routines.
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#if !defined(__KERNEL__)
+#endif
+
+#include "cucul.h"
+#include "cucul_internals.h"
+
+static uint32_t flipchar(uint32_t ch);
+static uint32_t flopchar(uint32_t ch);
+static uint32_t rotatechar(uint32_t ch);
+
+/** \brief Flip a canvas horizontally.
+ *
+ *  This function flips a canvas horizontally, choosing characters that
+ *  look like the mirrored version wherever possible.
+ *
+ *  \param qq The canvas to flip.
+ */
+void cucul_flip(cucul_t *qq)
+{
+    unsigned int y;
+
+    for(y = 0; y < qq->height; y++)
+    {
+        uint32_t *cleft = qq->chars + y * qq->width;
+        uint32_t *cright = cleft + qq->width - 1;
+        uint8_t *aleft = qq->attr + y * qq->width;
+        uint8_t *aright = aleft + qq->width - 1;
+
+        while(cleft < cright)
+        {
+            uint32_t ch;
+            uint8_t attr;
+
+            /* Swap attributes */
+            attr = *aright; *aright = *aleft; *aleft = attr;
+
+            /* Swap characters */
+            ch = *cright; *cright = flipchar(*cleft); *cleft = flipchar(ch);
+
+            cleft++; cright--; aleft++; aright--;
+        }
+
+        if(cleft == cright)
+            *cleft = flipchar(*cleft);
+    }
+}
+
+/** \brief Flip a canvas vertically.
+ *
+ *  This function flips a canvas vertically, choosing characters that
+ *  look like the mirrored version wherever possible.
+ *
+ *  \param qq The canvas to flop.
+ */
+void cucul_flop(cucul_t *qq)
+{
+    unsigned int x;
+
+    for(x = 0; x < qq->width; x++)
+    {
+        uint32_t *ctop = qq->chars + x;
+        uint32_t *cbottom = ctop + qq->width * (qq->height - 1);
+        uint8_t *atop = qq->attr + x;
+        uint8_t *abottom = atop + qq->width * (qq->height - 1);
+
+        while(ctop < cbottom)
+        {
+            uint32_t ch;
+            uint8_t attr;
+
+            /* Swap attributes */
+            attr = *abottom; *abottom = *atop; *atop = attr;
+
+            /* Swap characters */
+            ch = *cbottom; *cbottom = flopchar(*ctop); *ctop = flopchar(ch);
+
+            ctop += qq->width; cbottom -= qq->width;
+            atop += qq->width; abottom -= qq->width;
+        }
+
+        if(ctop == cbottom)
+            *ctop = flopchar(*ctop);
+    }
+}
+
+/** \brief Rotate a canvas.
+ *
+ *  This function applies a 180 degrees transformation to a canvas,
+ *  choosing characters that look like the mirrored version wherever
+ *  possible.
+ *
+ *  \param qq The canvas to rotate.
+ */
+void cucul_rotate(cucul_t *qq)
+{
+    uint32_t *cbegin = qq->chars;
+    uint32_t *cend = cbegin + qq->width * qq->height - 1;
+    uint8_t *abegin = qq->attr;
+    uint8_t *aend = abegin + qq->width * qq->height - 1;
+
+    while(cbegin < cend)
+    {
+        uint32_t ch;
+        uint8_t attr;
+
+        /* Swap attributes */
+        attr = *aend; *aend = *abegin; *abegin = attr;
+
+        /* Swap characters */
+        ch = *cend; *cend = rotatechar(*cbegin); *cbegin = rotatechar(ch);
+
+        cbegin++; cend--; abegin++; aend--;
+    }
+
+    if(cbegin == cend)
+        *cbegin = rotatechar(*cbegin);
+}
+
+static uint32_t flipchar(uint32_t ch)
+{
+    int i;
+
+    static uint32_t const noflip[] =
+    {
+         /* ASCII */
+         (uint32_t)' ', (uint32_t)'"', (uint32_t)'#', (uint32_t)'\'',
+         (uint32_t)'-', (uint32_t)'.', (uint32_t)'*', (uint32_t)'+',
+         (uint32_t)':', (uint32_t)'=',
+         (uint32_t)'0', (uint32_t)'8', (uint32_t)'A', (uint32_t)'H',
+         (uint32_t)'I', (uint32_t)'M', (uint32_t)'O', (uint32_t)'T',
+         (uint32_t)'U', (uint32_t)'V', (uint32_t)'W', (uint32_t)'X',
+         (uint32_t)'Y', (uint32_t)'^', (uint32_t)'_', (uint32_t)'i',
+         (uint32_t)'o', (uint32_t)'v', (uint32_t)'w', (uint32_t)'x',
+         (uint32_t)'|',
+         /* Unicode */
+         0x2591, 0x2592, 0x2593, 0x2588, 0x2584, 0x2580, /* ░ ▒ ▓ █ ▄ ▀ */
+         0
+    };
+
+    static uint32_t const pairs[] =
+    {
+         /* ASCII */
+         (uint32_t)'(', (uint32_t)')', (uint32_t)'/', (uint32_t)'\\',
+         (uint32_t)'<', (uint32_t)'>', (uint32_t)'[', (uint32_t)']',
+         (uint32_t)'b', (uint32_t)'d', (uint32_t)'p', (uint32_t)'q',
+         (uint32_t)'{', (uint32_t)'}',
+         /* ASCII-Unicode */
+         (uint32_t)';', 0x204f, /* ; ⁏ */
+         (uint32_t)'E', 0x018e, /* E Ǝ */
+         (uint32_t)'N', 0x0418, /* N И */
+         (uint32_t)'R', 0x042f, /* R Я */
+         (uint32_t)'S', 0x01a7, /* S Ƨ */
+         (uint32_t)'c', 0x0254, /* c ɔ */
+         (uint32_t)'e', 0x0258, /* e ɘ */
+         /* Unicode only */
+         0x258c, 0x2590, /* ▌ ▐ */
+         0x2596, 0x2597, /* ▖ ▗ */
+         0x2598, 0x259d, /* ▘ ▝ */
+         0x2599, 0x259f, /* ▙ ▟ */
+         0x259a, 0x259e, /* ▚ ▞ */
+         0x259b, 0x259c, /* ▛ ▜ */
+         0
+    };
+
+    for(i = 0; noflip[i]; i++)
+        if(ch == noflip[i])
+            return ch;
+
+    for(i = 0; pairs[i]; i++)
+        if(ch == pairs[i])
+            return pairs[i ^ 1];
+
+    return ch;
+}
+
+static uint32_t flopchar(uint32_t ch)
+{
+    int i;
+
+    static uint32_t const noflop[] =
+    {
+         /* ASCII */
+         (uint32_t)' ', (uint32_t)'(', (uint32_t)')', (uint32_t)'*',
+         (uint32_t)'+', (uint32_t)'-',
+         (uint32_t)'0', (uint32_t)'3', (uint32_t)'8', (uint32_t)':',
+         (uint32_t)'<', (uint32_t)'=', (uint32_t)'>', (uint32_t)'B',
+         (uint32_t)'C', (uint32_t)'D', (uint32_t)'E', (uint32_t)'H',
+         (uint32_t)'I', (uint32_t)'K', (uint32_t)'O', (uint32_t)'X',
+         (uint32_t)'[', (uint32_t)']', (uint32_t)'c', (uint32_t)'o',
+         (uint32_t)'{', (uint32_t)'|', (uint32_t)'}',
+         /* Unicode */
+         0x2591, 0x2592, 0x2593, 0x2588, 0x258c, 0x2590, /* ░ ▒ ▓ █ ▌ ▐ */
+         0
+    };
+
+    static uint32_t const pairs[] =
+    {
+         /* ASCII */
+         (uint32_t)'/', (uint32_t)'\\', (uint32_t)'M', (uint32_t)'W',
+         (uint32_t)',', (uint32_t)'`', (uint32_t)'b', (uint32_t)'p',
+         (uint32_t)'d', (uint32_t)'q', (uint32_t)'p', (uint32_t)'q',
+         (uint32_t)'f', (uint32_t)'t',
+         /* ASCII-Unicode */
+         (uint32_t)'_', 0x028c, /* _ ▔ */
+         (uint32_t)'N', 0x0418, /* N И */
+         (uint32_t)'P', 0x042c, /* P Ь */
+         (uint32_t)'S', 0x01a7, /* S Ƨ */
+         (uint32_t)'v', 0x028c, /* v ʌ */
+         (uint32_t)'w', 0x028d, /* w ʍ */
+         /* Unicode only */
+         0x2584, 0x2580, /* ▄ ▀ */
+         0x2596, 0x2598, /* ▖ ▘ */
+         0x2597, 0x259d, /* ▗ ▝ */
+         0x2599, 0x259b, /* ▙ ▛ */
+         0x259f, 0x259c, /* ▟ ▜ */
+         0x259a, 0x259e, /* ▚ ▞ */
+         0
+    };
+
+    for(i = 0; noflop[i]; i++)
+        if(ch == noflop[i])
+            return ch;
+
+    for(i = 0; pairs[i]; i++)
+        if(ch == pairs[i])
+            return pairs[i ^ 1];
+
+    return ch;
+}
+
+static uint32_t rotatechar(uint32_t ch)
+{
+    int i;
+
+    static uint32_t const norotate[] =
+    {
+         /* ASCII */
+         (uint32_t)' ', (uint32_t)'*', (uint32_t)'+', (uint32_t)'-',
+         (uint32_t)'0', (uint32_t)'8', (uint32_t)':', (uint32_t)'=',
+         /* Unicode */
+         0x2591, 0x2592, 0x2593, 0x2588, 0x259a, 0x259e, /* ░ ▒ ▓ █ ▚ ▞ */
+         0
+    };
+
+    static uint32_t const pairs[] =
+    {
+         /* ASCII */
+         (uint32_t)'(', (uint32_t)')', (uint32_t)'M', (uint32_t)'W',
+         (uint32_t)'b', (uint32_t)'q', (uint32_t)'d', (uint32_t)'p',
+         (uint32_t)'n', (uint32_t)'u',
+         /* ASCII-Unicode */
+         (uint32_t)'_', 0x028c, /* _ ▔ */
+         (uint32_t)',', 0x02bb, /* , ʻ */
+         (uint32_t)'E', 0x018e, /* E Ǝ */
+         (uint32_t)'F', 0x2132, /* F Ⅎ */
+         (uint32_t)'a', 0x0250, /* a ɐ */
+         (uint32_t)'c', 0x0254, /* c ɔ */
+         (uint32_t)'e', 0x0259, /* e ə */
+         (uint32_t)'f', 0x025f, /* f ɟ */
+         (uint32_t)'h', 0x0265, /* h ɥ */
+         (uint32_t)'k', 0x029e, /* k ʞ */
+         (uint32_t)'m', 0x026f, /* m ɯ */
+         (uint32_t)'r', 0x0279, /* r ɹ */
+         (uint32_t)'t', 0x0287, /* t ʇ */
+         (uint32_t)'v', 0x028c, /* v ʌ */
+         (uint32_t)'w', 0x028d, /* w ʍ */
+         (uint32_t)'y', 0x028e, /* y ʎ */
+         /* Unicode only */
+         0x258c, 0x2590, /* ▌ ▐ */
+         0x2584, 0x2580, /* ▄ ▀ */
+         0x2596, 0x259d, /* ▖ ▝ */
+         0x2597, 0x2598, /* ▗ ▘ */
+         0x2599, 0x259c, /* ▙ ▜ */
+         0x259f, 0x259b, /* ▟ ▛ */
+         0
+    };
+
+    for(i = 0; norotate[i]; i++)
+        if(ch == norotate[i])
+            return ch;
+
+    for(i = 0; pairs[i]; i++)
+        if(ch == pairs[i])
+            return pairs[i ^ 1];
+
+    return ch;
+}
+