Quote Originally Posted by Svea View Post
I like the idea of arcing them like chick suggested, but might look weird if ALL of them are curved, lol.
Don't curve them all. Keep most labels straight and horizontal. Angle them if you have to in order to make them fit where they need to be.

Curve only the ones that span a large area and need to indicate the extent of that area.

It's best to classify your labels into groups .... oceans, kingdoms, cities, forests, mountain ranges, etc. Then use exactly the same style for everything within a class. If you arc the kingdom names, arc them all. If you name forests, arc them all or none. The look -- font, kerning, size, color, angle/curvature, etc -- should be the same for everything in a class.