function printTagCloud($tags, $method='point') {
	//method above can be either point or area
	//point is typical tag cloud scaling
	//area scales tags approximately, such that *overall tag area* is proportional to the tag occurrences
	$max_area = 12000;
	$max_size = 55; // max font size in pixels
	$min_size = 12; // min font size in pixels
       
	$max_qty = max(array_values($tags));
	$min_qty = min(array_values($tags));
       
	$spread = $max_qty - $min_qty;
	if ($spread == 0) { // we don't want to divide by zero
		$spread = 1;
	}
       
	$step = ($max_size - $min_size) / ($spread);
       
	foreach ($tags as $key => $value) {
		if ($method == 'area') {
			$area = ($value / $max_qty) * $max_area;
			$size = sqrt((2*$area)/strlen($key));
		} else if ($method == 'point') {
			$size = round($min_size + (($value - $min_qty) * $step));
		}
		print '<a href="#" style="font-size: ' . $size . 'px" title="size: '.$size.' , occurrences: ' .$value. '">' . $key . '</a> ';
	}
}