About a year ago, I started using wordle.net to make these amazing, beautiful creations called "word clouds". A friend of mine recommended that I share them on tumblr, so here they are...

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A Wordle of the favorite words of students accepted to the Princeton class of 2016. I especially like the colors and the position of “outlier”, and these are just cool words in general.

A Wordle of the favorite words of students accepted to the Princeton class of 2016. I especially like the colors and the position of “outlier”, and these are just cool words in general.

I thought the font (mostly its left slant) and color scheme (I like how they’re mostly dark with only a few yellow ones) were appropriate for this theswordle. I also like the sharpness/pointiness of the shape.

I thought the font (mostly its left slant) and color scheme (I like how they’re mostly dark with only a few yellow ones) were appropriate for this theswordle. I also like the sharpness/pointiness of the shape.

I made this Wordle to celebrate my friend’s acceptance to RISD. The titles and their colors are from RISD’s Academics page. I was really struck by this arrangement for some reason.

I made this Wordle to celebrate my friend’s acceptance to RISD. The titles and their colors are from RISD’s Academics page. I was really struck by this arrangement for some reason.

I used a bright color scheme, a haphazard font, and a random arrangement to convey the craziness. The black background represents the night. I like the proximity of “go crazy tonight”. Also, the contrasting colors of hill and mountain.

I used a bright color scheme, a haphazard font, and a random arrangement to convey the craziness. The black background represents the night. I like the proximity of “go crazy tonight”. Also, the contrasting colors of hill and mountain.

I like how the “road” winds from the first words in the song to the last one. The background represents fog/rain/water and the color scheme is that of a typical British road.

I like how the “road” winds from the first words in the song to the last one. The background represents fog/rain/water and the color scheme is that of a typical British road.

This is a slightly color-edited Wordle of the 2012 Oscar Nominees. Notice: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Midnight Paris, George Clooney, and Michael Scott :). The three biggest BP noms (The Artist, Hugo, Moneyball) are also the only ones I’ve seen.

This is a slightly color-edited Wordle of the 2012 Oscar Nominees. Notice: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Midnight Paris, George Clooney, and Michael Scott :). The three biggest BP noms (The Artist, Hugo, Moneyball) are also the only ones I’ve seen.

A Wordle of “Shakespeare in the Bush”, an article by Laura Bohannon about the universal themes in Hamlet as applied to the Tiv people of West Africa. I tried to use color and font to evoke this setting.

A Wordle of “Shakespeare in the Bush”, an article by Laura Bohannon about the universal themes in Hamlet as applied to the Tiv people of West Africa. I tried to use color and font to evoke this setting.

hellobeautifulpleasebemine replied to your photo: A Wordle of cinzz.blog.com from March 19, 2011,…

Mine has more love in it. Also, the Oscars.

A Wordle of cinzz.blog.com from March 19, 2011, but it apparently hasn’t been updated since anyway. I thought the font and colors matched her personality well.

A Wordle of cinzz.blog.com from March 19, 2011, but it apparently hasn’t been updated since anyway. I thought the font and colors matched her personality well.

One Town's War on Gay Teens

blainescarnivorousasshole:

lettersfromtitan:

1. This is very triggering about bullying and suicide. Proceed with caution.

2. This is from Rolling Stone’s Valentine’s Day issue.

3. If you are a straight person in the Glee fandom, oh god, do I want you to read every word of this.

This is horrifying, and that’s exactly why you need to read it.

It is unbelievable that this kind of thing (9 suicides in under two years, a district-wide anti-gay policy) is allowed to happen. It’s silly to believe that talking about homosexuality makes kids gay, and that being gay is a bad thing.

(via cinzz)

I didn’t get a ton of meaning or symbolism into this one because I got this on my second re-layout after I set the font and color scheme, and it reminded me of this scene, and I was like, “I’m not going to mess with this”.

I didn’t get a ton of meaning or symbolism into this one because I got this on my second re-layout after I set the font and color scheme, and it reminded me of this scene, and I was like, “I’m not going to mess with this”.

A Wordle of different types of furniture, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_furniture_types. I used a brown-based color scheme and a somewhat wider font. It also sort of looks like it has legs. How’s this?

A Wordle of different types of furniture, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_furniture_types. I used a brown-based color scheme and a somewhat wider font. It also sort of looks like it has legs.

How’s this?

This is potentially the first in a series of Wordles of words and their synonyms. The gray color scheme is obviously appropriate. The all-vertical orientation seemed the most boring to me for some reason, but it also takes up the least space in the horizontally long frame.  (I’m working on a word for this type of Wordle - any ideas?)

This is potentially the first in a series of Wordles of words and their synonyms. The gray color scheme is obviously appropriate. The all-vertical orientation seemed the most boring to me for some reason, but it also takes up the least space in the horizontally long frame. 

(I’m working on a word for this type of Wordle - any ideas?)

Wordles of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. I included the character names which indicated when they spoke in the second one to see who spoke the most often, and was not surprised by the result. The black, white, and red color scheme is common to all my Hamlet-related Wordles, and I think it’s appropriate, considering the number of fatalities.

The full text of the play was acquired from http://www.rhymezone.com/r/gwic.cgi?Word=_&Path=shakespeare/tragedies/hamlet.

(via questions-of-science)

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