Praathamika WIP

[silverhead]

I had all the text written and lost it because I forgot to hit the "Go advanced" button first. Bummer.

Anyway: hi there! :-)

This is my second "iteration" in Praathamika WIP. Like before, three images: big, east and west. About 1.5MB in total.

I had a few problems with this, and I'd like a little input. In particular, there are two that bother me the most:

- How do you make the text (of territories, rivers, landmarks, whatever) stand out without making a mess? I've tried to put a sort of white shadow around them, but the result is not very convincing. I feel that the answer is just "less is better", and that I should use smaller texts altogether, but maybe you have another opinion.
- I use Gimp, and adjusting a text along a path is a real PITA. Or maybe it's just me. What I do now is the following sequence: draw a path, write a text, make text follow a path, turn path into selection, paint the selection black, remove path and text. Quite convoluted. Am I doing it wrong?

As usual, criticisms and suggestions very welcome. Thanks in advance :-)