Welcome!
The Cartographers’ Guild is a forum created by and for map makers and aficionados, a place where every aspect of cartography can be admired, examined, learned, and discussed. Our membership consists of professional designers and artists, hobbyists, and amateurs—all are welcome to join and participate in the quest for cartographic skill and knowledge.
Although we specialize in maps of fictional realms, as commonly used in both novels and games (both tabletop and role-playing), many Guild members are also proficient in historical and contemporary maps. Likewise, we specialize in computer-assisted cartography (such as with GIMP, Adobe apps, Campaign Cartographer, Dundjinni, etc.), although many members here also have interest in maps drafted by hand.
If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ. You will have to register before you can post or view full size images in the forums.
Reply With Quote
As to the label issue, I spent three days rotating labels to try to correct that problem, and came to the conclusion that it was impossible without reducing the level of detail (witness Tolnedra!) -- so in the end I tried to pick ways to depict each type of label so that none interacted with others of its own type (nation/terrain/point of interest) and if different types overlapped they were still readable. It's a compromise, to be sure, but the best I could come up with, unless I wanted to make it so big it wouldn't fit in a 24x36 frame, lol.
