You can, if you like, sort tag clouds by word frequency (Figure 19). Personally, I don't think it's a good idea. Not only does it reduce the "cloudy" nature of the word list, but it also denies your users an additional organizational axis. Most tag clouds use either random or alphabetic sorts. I prefer the alphabetic sort because it provides a quick way to eliminate or identify a particular tag.
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