Oct 21 2008
Wordle Is A Neat Word Cloud Image Tool
I was playing with an interesting new web toy today. It’s called “Wordle“, and it makes images of words based on text (or web sites) that you give to it. Wordle takes all of the words fed to it and jumbles them up into a nice cloud. This one was created using the words from the “Family” page:
You have a lot of control over the word cloud. There’s a good selection of fonts to choose from, as well as an array of color options (including a custom palette based on colors that you provide). You can also determine if words should be horizontal, vertical, or a mixture of both. It’s easy to get lost in the details, or just click “randomize”.
The second word cloud was made from the RSS feed from our web site. I deleted the word “Vaseline” from the cloud by right-clicking on it and clicking “delete”. That was helpful. Wordle is really simple to use, it’s fun to play with all of the options, and it makes some pretty neat images to decorate your blog with. Give it a try!
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