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 Exact Search when you other than a person or place have the correct spelling of the name, try Forvo
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 fonts, 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 Courier 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 Georgia 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 Arial, Franklin Northwestern University. 4 Gothic or Helvetica 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 font. 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
ADVANCED Mind Mapping (Continued)
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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.
By Nancy Stinson, MLS [email protected].