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I see it as an art, and I wouldn't say art is meaningless. Perhaps you want to check out https:\u002F\u002Fwww.facebook.com\u002Ftagxedo to see some more examples. It's much…",{"id":56,"by":11,"text":57},"2581437","I use Tagxedo to make this. http:\u002F\u002Fwww.tagxedo.com Perhaps I should rephrase: I made Tagxedo so I can make this :D",{"value":59,"source":50,"evidence":60},"Tagxedo offered free; shirts sold via Zazzle.",[61],{"id":62,"by":11,"text":63},"2581432","Like I said in the other comment, I did study this issue (to understand under what condition I can offer Tagxedo to users and when I can sell Tagxedo artworks). Use of the logo…",{"value":65,"source":50,"evidence":66},"A tribute to Paul Graham and YC, also promoting Tagxedo.",[67],{"id":62,"by":11,"text":63},[],"unknown","launched",{"praise":72,"objections":89,"requests":118,"questions":119,"alternatives":127},[73],{"value":74,"source":75,"evidence":76},"Design looks tasteful and attractive.","commenter",[77,81,85],{"id":78,"by":79,"text":80},"2581379","AndyKelley","If I could use one word to describe that design, it would be \"tasteful.\"",{"id":82,"by":83,"text":84},"2581280","earbitscom","I think it's awesome. Very cool.",{"id":86,"by":87,"text":88},"2581611","kylec","A few years ago I made a similar word cloud of his essays using Wordle: http:\u002F\u002Fi.imgur.com\u002FakCnD.png I've often thought it would make a good shirt or book cover.",[90,104,111],{"value":91,"source":75,"evidence":92},"Using YC name and essay words on a paid shirt may raise copyright or trademark issues.",[93,97,101],{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},"2581309","peterarmstrong","It may or may not be fine, but my guess is that calling your Zazzle shop y-combinator is a bit much. Yes it's a generic term, but out of courtesy you should probably rename it to…",{"id":98,"by":99,"text":100},"2581336","MenaMena123","I think its a great design coming from a designer myself, but I'm no lawyer and I don't think you can be making money off someones logo or brand. I dont think you need to be a…",{"id":102,"by":99,"text":103},"2581489","Yea I understand where your coming from with the Tagxedo (which is really cool, minus the copyright issues that could arise), but putting it on Zazzle would be debatable. Not my…",{"value":105,"source":75,"evidence":106},"Word clouds seen as meaningless art.",[107],{"id":108,"by":109,"text":110},"2581192","ivankirigin","Why not just make an actual essay into a t-shirt? The instapaper logo is a merlin mann essay, for example. Sorry to be blunt, but word clouds are just ε over meaningless.",{"value":112,"source":75,"evidence":113},"Word-frequency tribute may feel creepy to the writer.",[114],{"id":115,"by":116,"text":117},"2581702","hugh3","I don't want to put words into anyone else's mouth here, but if anyone ever made and wore a t-shirt containing a frequency count of the words in stuff I'd written, then I'd find…",[],[120],{"value":121,"source":75,"evidence":122},"How are word clouds generated algorithmically?",[123],{"id":124,"by":125,"text":126},"2582706","invalidOrTaken","I've always wondered how this is actually done, algorithm-wise. Can someone more knowledgeable give me a link, or at least a google search term?",[128,132],{"value":129,"source":75,"evidence":130},"Wordle",[131],{"id":86,"by":87,"text":88},{"value":133,"source":75,"evidence":134},"Spreadshirt",[135],{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},"2583155","mdwrigh2","I always just wanted the ycombinator on a shirt, and spreadshirt looked easy enough to use so I gave it a shot. Here's what turned out:…",{"comments":140,"answered":31,"key":141},12,[142,145,148],{"id":143,"text":144},"2581968","You can always buy a mug instead...",{"id":146,"text":147},"2581441","Thanks!",{"id":149,"text":150},"2581275","I studied these issues a lot (copyright, right of publicity, etc), and I think this particular use is fine. 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