A Change in Perspective
Jelly, score 9 + 0 = 9

 Z
       ⁶
      €
     ɗ
    o
   Ḣ
  ḟ
 Ṛ
Ỵ


From the top:

ỴZḟḢoɗ€⁶


Try it online! (or see it self-operate)

From the side:

ỴṚḟḢoɗ€⁶Z


Try it online! (or see it self-operate)

How?

Ỵ Z|Ṛ ḟḢoɗ€⁶ [Z]  - Link list of characters:
Ỵ                 - split at newline characters
  Z               - | top: transpose to get columns
    Ṛ             - | side: reverse the lines
           ⁶      - set the right argument to a literal space character
          €       - for each (x = column (top) OR line (side)):
         ɗ        -   last three links as a dyad - i.e. f(x, space)
      ḟ           -     filter discard (spaces from x)
       Ḣ          -     pop &amp; yield the head (first remaining character or 0 if none left)
        o         -     logical OR (with space character) (replace a 0 with a space)
                  - | top: no code remaining
              Z   - | side: transpose (at this point a no-op since we have a flat list)