South Africa Map - Back On Track?

KEYOGI · Post by **KEYOGI** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:47 pm

Crowley wrote:

I like this font and colour the best. You could always do something to add more of a black outline around the text.

Qwert · Post by **Qwert** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:58 pm

i think that terittory borders must be in black colour, but these only my opinion

neoni · Post by **neoni** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 7:39 pm

i think it looks very good now

Teya · Post by **Teya** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:45 pm

I think the white text is better than the black and it definantly looks better than having some black some white.

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 2:04 am

Update on page 1.

This font seems to lose definition when it has a black outline... Any ideas for a better font?

KEYOGI · Post by **KEYOGI** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 2:14 am

Please post your updates throughout the thread, it's much easier to follow.

This is definately my favourite map in development at the moment, you've done a great job. There's a couple of things that still need to be looked at.

The outline of your font is broken with what looks like a 1 pixel dot on most of your vowels. I think it looks nice apart from that. If you're not happy with the black outline, you could try another dark colour. You just need something to add contrast between text and map.

I think your title could benefit from being a bit brighter and maybe even a little bigger.

Lastly, your mountains are fine, but it would be nice to see them improved to look even better. I think you could make them stand out a bit better by having a darker edge to them. This would help individual mountains stand out in a group.

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 3:52 am

Cool, thanks.

Like I said before - the text has been a nightmare. I just can't get it right. Do you have a suggestion (and a place I can download) a ttf from?
If I make it bigger, the text crosses too many boundaries. UGH.

I tried to do something like your mountains on the Middle East revamp, but failed

I'm just a lowly web developer trying my hand at a map... I'm really enjoying it too!
I have basic knowledge in FireWorks through my webdev work, but most of my work is digitizing company logos...

DiM · Post by **DiM** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 4:04 am

go to http://www.dafont.com

there are many nice fonts there

KEYOGI · Post by **KEYOGI** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 4:23 am

Crowley wrote:I'm just a lowly web developer trying my hand at a map... I'm really enjoying it too!
I have basic knowledge in FireWorks through my webdev work, but most of my work is digitizing company logos...

Well you're more qualified than I am.

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 5:02 pm

Update v13:
Changed font - Again. Sharpened and added some shadow. I think it looks pretty clear now.
Changed internal borser colors to black.
Changed some borders to better fit text and army shadows.
Fiddled with text for better fit.
Changed Eastern Cape bonus to 6 (6 borders, 7 territores).

KEYOGI · Post by **KEYOGI** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 5:12 pm

I prefer the previous borders you had, the lighter ones. The font is very readable, seems like a good fit.

I'd still like to see something done to the title.

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:45 am

Yeah, me too...

Update v14:
Standardized font.
Changed internal borser colors to a light grey.
Fiddled with map logo.

DiM · Post by **DiM** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:36 am

the internal borders of limpopo are different than the rest

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:45 pm

Yes, otherwise you can't see them properly.

boberz · Post by **boberz** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:28 am

can the territory borders be the same between continents as they are within the continenets i think it cxreates consistency

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:43 pm

Sure, they can, but I believe it makes the borders not 'defined' enough... I can't really explain it better than that.

boberz · Post by **boberz** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:55 pm

okay and i dont like the flag is it possible just to get a flat one not waving

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:02 am

No way man! Do you know how long I searched for that specific 'look' flag?

sam_levi_11 · Post by **sam_levi_11** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:31 am

the flag is fine, but i really like the lesotho and swaziland and adjacent continent thing.lesotho is the biggest country the is surrounded by only one country.other is san marino

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:37 pm

Any more feedback?

KingCoolDaddy · Post by **KingCoolDaddy** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 3:56 pm

Colouring is perfect, everything is easy to read. Would play it in an instant.

Would prefer something other than Oliver Tambo for the East London area though. What about the classic Xhosa names for East London and Port Elizabeth - iBayi and iMonti?

Might as well also make it seem like a connected river in the Siyabanda area...even though I know it's not. Flows easier.

Comments?

boberz · Post by **boberz** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 3:58 pm

are the circles going to be big enough??

Wisse · Post by **Wisse** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 4:40 pm

u still need to change the bridges

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 2:13 pm

KingCoolDaddy wrote:Colouring is perfect, everything is easy to read. Would play it in an instant.

Would prefer something other than Oliver Tambo for the East London area though. What about the classic Xhosa names for East London and Port Elizabeth - iBayi and iMonti?

Might as well also make it seem like a connected river in the Siyabanda area...even though I know it's not. Flows easier.

Comments?

Thanks.

No, I'm using the official districts as far a possible, except where the districts were too small to fit in, so the district names stay the same. It wouldn't make sense to have the official districts for most territories and then change some others.

I've also thought of connecting the northern river boundaries, but thought I would leave it as accurate as possible. It's easy to do if need be.

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 2:16 pm

Wisse wrote:u still need to change the bridges

Not a problem, but I would like to have a reason. I'm new to the Map Foundry, but I'm sure you have to give reasoning where possible, just like I have to do if I don't want to change something...
Most people don't seem to have a problem with them and I'm actually quite proud of them!

South Africa Map - Back On Track?

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