3D Ambigram Dual Text

letter1 = "S";
letter2 = "M";
size  = 40;
font = "Overpass Mono:style=Bold";

intersection() {
  //letter1
  linear_extrude(center = true)
          text(letter1, size = size, font = font, halign = "center", valign = "center");
  
  //letter2
  rotate([0, 90, 0])
      linear_extrude(center = true)
          text(letter2, size = size, font = font, halign = "center", valign = "center");
}

string1 = "LOVE";
string2 = "HATE";
size  = 30;
font = "Overpass Mono:style=Bold";

rotate([90, 0, 0])
  for (i = [0 : min(len(string1), len(string2)) - 1])
      translate([i * size, 0, 0])
          intersection() {           
              // string1
              rotate([0, -45, 0])
                  linear_extrude(height = size, center = true)
                      text(string1[i], size = size, font = font, halign = "center", valign = "center");
              
              // string2
              rotate([0, 45, 0])
                  linear_extrude(height = size, center = true)
                      text(string2[i], size = size, font = font, halign = "center", valign = "center");
          }

string1 = "LOVE";
string2 = "HATE";
angle = 45;
font = "Overpass Mono:style=Bold";
size  = 30;
spacing = 1.1;
baseThickness = 3;
baseRound = 20;

step = size * spacing;
nChars = min(len(string1), len(string2));
modelLength = (nChars - 1) * step + size;
baseR = min(baseRound, (size / 2) - 0.01);

module letterChar(char, tilt = [0, 0, 0]){
   upperChar = (ord(char) >= 97 && ord(char) <= 122) ? chr(ord(char) - 32) : char;
   rotate(tilt)
       linear_extrude(height = 2 * size, center = true)
           text(upperChar, size = size, font = font, halign = "center", valign = "baseline");
}

translate([-(nChars - 1) * step / 2, 0, baseThickness])
   rotate([90, 0, 0])
   for (i = [0 : nChars - 1])
       translate([i * step, 0, 0])
           intersection() {
               translate([-size/2, 0, -size/2])
                   cube(size);
               letterChar(string1[i], [0, -angle, 0]);
               letterChar(string2[i], [0,  angle, 0]);
           }

linear_extrude(height = baseThickness)
   offset(r = baseR)
       square([(modelLength + size / 2) - 2 * baseR, size - 2 * baseR], center = true);