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Checked the site but couldn't find the skyclad font. There's tons of free font sites around.
No one should ever use any windows standard fonts ever!
I'll check that site as well, thanks.
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Checked the site but couldn't find the skyclad font. There's tons of free font sites around.
No one should ever use any windows standard fonts ever!
This is a very pretty and original map. Well done!
As for fonts, let me recommend dafont.com
Well, that's a bit of a blanket statement, and as such, I must refute it. (Sorry, it's my nature.) If you're distributing a document (a web page, for instance), then you should use standard fonts likely to be installed on any computer it's loaded on. Arial, Times New Roman, and the like. Also, many of the fonts standard on Windows were chosen for their high degree of legibility, making them the most appropriate choice for large blocks of text. I doubt anyone wants to read six paragraphs set in Black Adder. And if they do, I doubt they'll still think it was a good idea when they're done!Originally Posted by Hoel
And even for decorative mapping purposes, at least some of the Windows standard fonts have their uses. I am thinking specifically of the oft-overlooked Wingding typefaces.
Honestly, I think there are many more people who are guilty of using too many and inappropriate fonts from dafont than there are people who are too dependent on their system fonts.
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Ok, sorry. I was a tad unspecific. It should say "...any windows standard fonts for design purposes ever!" And i should loose one of the "evers"
You're totally right about blocks of text and distribution and all that stuff...
Wingdings.. i don't agree, but if you can show me a good example I'm happy to change my opinion!
Very well. I present to you a sampling of characters from Windows Wingdings which are suited to fantasy cartography. This is not exhaustive, but it does contain the most likely candidates. Also, a link to a map using some of these symbols:
http://www.bryanray.name/maps/TawarenBasin.jpg
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Yup, used several of those myself on some of my early maps.
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Ok. I guess some of them could be useful. I stand corrected.
This should be the final version...
Only change is the font used for the label at the top.
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Wow, this looks like it's had tonnes of work poured into it. I really like the floating in space theme...very imaginative!
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