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koontz1973 wrote:
Going to spend the next 2 days concentrating on learning and writing the xml for this thing of beauty so if I do not post a reply do not worry.
koonitz not responding for a whole day but seriously great work getting it to this point but your relentless pace might be slowed down in the FF unfortunetly.
i disagree, the only font that can come into question right now is the legend font, the title looks great and does not need changingGillipig wrote:Good job on the bushes. They look much better now than a couple of pages ago! I'm not sure about the font used in the title though. How about you give us some different alternatives and we can vote on the font we like the most?
Poll is out of the question. I am not going to wait a week for 2 votes and then change it because of that. Find a font you like and I will run up a mock for you to look at. If I think it is better then I will change it. I like the title as is though for now but that does not mean that it will not change if you find a better font.Gillipig wrote:Good job on the bushes. They look much better now than a couple of pages ago! I'm not sure about the font used in the title though. How about you give us some different alternatives and we can vote on the font we like the most?
Font in the legend is going to change a little. From one easy to read type to another.Sniper08 wrote:i disagree, the only font that can come into question right now is the legend font, the title looks great and does not need changingGillipig wrote:Good job on the bushes. They look much better now than a couple of pages ago! I'm not sure about the font used in the title though. How about you give us some different alternatives and we can vote on the font we like the most?
Will do.cairnswk wrote:Just make sure if you change it that it is just as legible
No, I need to turn it down to the same as the small one. Will do it tonight as soon as I get the xml done.natty_dread wrote:Do you still have the old border glows in the large version?
Thanks for spotting that. Will get it sorted.cairnswk wrote:koontz1973...i've just noticed on the large map you are missing 'turn' on the red boundary text.
! Can't wait to play a game on it!! As soon as I can, I intend to set up a game for us and a few others who helped.Gillipig wrote:This is getting done very quickly! Well done everyone involved and especially koontz
Belated thanks for the congrats.lostatlimbo wrote:Belated congratulations on your stampage!
MrBenn, looked at Qwerts titles as you suggested, and out of all of the ones I saw, only Polly war looks like something I might try to copy. With that said, the type face I want to keep but will play around with the layout today.MrBenn wrote:The yellow glow/stroke on the legend looks awful - I'm not sure you need it to help the clarity of the text... it may be better to play with your text aliasing settings, or at least changing the transparency of that bright yellow glow.
I'm not sold on the legend; it just looks like somebody got some icons and stuck them in that space together with a scripty/handwriting typeface. Check out some of the titles on qwerts maps, or pretty much any other map, to see how the title should integrate with the rest of the map
I'm in agreement. I've always thought that the reason the legend looked strange to me is because it looks like a computer 'typed and printed out the text' onto the map, rather than having the text be a part of the map, if that makes any sense.MrBenn wrote:The legend text looks heaps better - although the font appears to pixellate on both maps.
The legend is a slight improvement... I can;t really explain what it is I don't like about it... I just think it could be made to be more appropriate for the map somehow?
cairnswk wrote:koontz1973...i hope you don't mind this...
I have taken the liberty of showing what I think the legend should look like.
The only font used is Verdana, and i have used the double stroke image from the shields in the title to create some separation guides in the bottom legend to give it a tie with the top legend by one element alone...
koontz1973...above is what i recommended...Verdana font....not what you currently have (which looks like a Times font)...please be clear to get facts correct before dunking someoneMrBenn & AndyDufresne, thanks for the comments, the text looks computer based as it is a computer styled font. cairnswk suggested to use it over one of the fonts I had before. I will go back to the map today and try another font to see what I can find. The title text is staying though but I will play with it some more today, as this I do like and want to keep.
Thanks.
