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Stark County Law Library Association May 2010

BEGINNERS Say It Right

The email address, This month I have two sites country of origin, a phonetic info@starklaw for you. Both will help you out in pronunciation that I found very library.org really situations where you are unsure easy to follow, and an mp3 link to works! TRY IT!! about a pronunciation. an audio file which was very clear. The first is the VOA (Voice of If you have trouble reading the America) Pronunciation Guide phonetic spelling, the site includes . Use ibb7.ibb.gov/pronunciations/ this site if you need help sounding key.htm> for guidance. Technical in-the-know when discussing help with the site or audio files is current affairs. available at: . 1 from the main page: If you need help with a word

• Use Exact Search when you other than a person or place have the correct spelling of the name, try Forvo . At present there are • Use Near Search when you over 557,000 words with over aren’t sure—if you are close 479,000 pronunciations in 240 2 phonetically it will get you languages. there. The home page tries to be • List Lookup offers you an helpful, but I found it a little exhaustive, alphabetical list of cluttered and irrelevant. But by people and places from the using the search box on the upper drop-down box. right side you can get to the • Origin is the “List Lookup” pronunciations fairly easily. I broken down by countries started my search with “aardvark” and was offered 1) an ad and 2) The search result page gives the Afrikaans pronunciation you the person/place name, (Continued on page 2) Page 2

BEGINNER Say It Right (Cont.)

(Continued from page 1) word. Clicking on the word shows (which hadn’t been included yet— the person’s screen name, sex and indicated by a red target symbol). country of origin. Click the blue When I clicked on the English arrowhead to hear the pronuncia- tab I found a blue arrowhead tion. If you are a registered user symbol, indicating that this word you can rate and/or download the did have an audio file. In fact it audio file. had three pronunciations for my

INTERMEDIATE Typography V Last month I briefly touched tional wisdom holds that serifs, Set yourself apart on , illustrating the huge the little feet at the top and bot- from the crowd difference between New Times tom of letters, help guide the eye and still be easy- Roman and and pointing along the lines in large blocks of to-read! out the obvious—Times New text. 3 Roman is overused. I use it, Goudy Old Style, Garamond, newspapers use it, and it’s the and are all included with default of many word processing most word processor programs programs. And here’s why. It is making them good and inexpen- easy to read. But you can still put sive alternatives. Goudy Old Style out easy to read material that will is sort of preppy. It is used in set you apart from the crowd. Harper’s Magazine and is the As a basic rule, don’t use sans- official typeface at Emory and serif fonts such as , Franklin Northwestern University. 4 Gothic or for anything Garamond is an especially easy-to- other than headings. Conven- (Continued on page 3) Page 5

INTERMEDIATE Typography V (Cont.)

(Continued from page 2) Bembo, Miller, New Caledonia, read . The ever-popular Dr. and Sabon 6 Seuss and Harry Potter books are Experiment, try something printed in this font. 5 new and find a better look! This Other very readable serif fonts concludes the typography series. I which are readily available for hope you learned something from purchase on the web include: it! I know I did. Adobe Caslon, Arno, Minion,

ADVANCED Mind Mapping In the September advanced focus. For a more theoretical column I began a thread on Your Brain” at . interesting topic which deserves One of the best uses of mind some follow-up. In my introduc- mapping is getting a handle on tion to mind mapping I offered a complex problems or questions by link to the YouTube video “Mind analyzing and structuring the Mapping by Stephen Pierce” information and identifying which Here is an example of a mind explains what mind mapping is map: and how mapping helps your (Continued on page 4) Page 5

ADVANCED Mind Mapping (Continued)

When you are ready to give it Wikipedea at . is a good place to ability to convert your mind map start. Although the list is from into other forms of communica- 2008, all the links work and will tion such as Word files or Power- take you to a wide variety of mind Point presentations. Some offer mapping tools. Some are for any ease of use through iPhone apps platform and some are specific to and the ability to integrate with Mac, , or Windows. Most Office, OpenOffice and have a free component and prod- iWork. The Wikipedia article ucts you can buy later if you like includes a good list of proprietary the free version. There are some . newer apps links on the Page 5

FOOTNOTES

1 Kennedy, Shirl. “Resource of the Week: Voice of America Pronunciation Guide… and a Few Others.” Resource Shelf. 5 April 2010. 8 April 2010. 2 Forvo. Forvo Media SL 8 April 2010. . 3 “Sans-serif.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. 11 April 2010. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 19 April 2010. 4 “Goudy Old Style.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. 19 April 2010. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 20 April 2010. . 5 “Garamond Fonts.” Ascender Fonts. 2004-2010 Ascender Corporation. 20 April 2010. < http://www.ascenderfonts.com/info/garamond- fonts.aspx> 6 Butterick, Mathew. “Font recommendations.” Typography for Lawyers. 20 April 2010. .

By Nancy Stinson, MLS [email protected].