Thanks for the feedback everyone. I’m still working on the map, but here’s a more updated version.

Summary of changes:
1) Changed city/town name font to a more handwritten font
2) Increased font size
3) I fixed areas especially around hills and the dead forest where text got chopped into tiny pieces
4) Some renaming
5) I fixed some text along curves where letters weren’t spaced right
6) Other minor fixes

Map is still not final. I am still tweaking.

Cereth hit the purpose of the map dead on. It’s supposed to make you explore and want to learn more about the world. As for the format, this grungy color map is featured on the website. The map viewer allows you to zoom in, pan, etc. so not all text needs to be read at a glance.

That said this is not the B&W version that will be printed in the novels. That map doesn’t have the parchment texture or black border. It’s simpler, so maybe Freodin will forgive me for the dark border here. : )

A few words on responses:
1) Thank you! I appreciate all the feedback very much!
2) On mountains/text. I hear you on the difficulty to read. I don’t have a solution.
3) Mizzle Drizzle is kind of a playful name from a playful people.
4) The clean cartouches verses black border. I hadn’t thought about that.

See the high rez link for updates:
http://www.chroniclesofcovent.com/map.html

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