Thanks for the suggestions.

I finally decided to go with something relatively easy to do in Inkscape, using the calligraphy brush. Somewhat symbolic, old school fantasy map...

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I still have to add hills, etc and some additional terrain, but this seems to do it without being too cluttered.

-Rob A>