Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Wordle

  • I love learning something from my students! Today was one of those days where I learned about a fun site.
  • I gave a lecture about working with type.
  • A student came up to me after lecture sharing a site called Wordle.
  • It's a site where you can place text in, pick a color scheme, font and a layout. It shift the words around for you. This isn't made to be originally yours, but it's fun none the less.
  • I could see someone putting in a lyrics to a song, lullaby, nursery rhyme for a kid or baby's room. Print on some nice paper, frame and hang it on their wall.
  • One of Isaak's favorite is Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. I found the lyrics, pasted them in Wordle and this is what I got:
  • One of Mica's favorites is Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. Here's a few versions of that:

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