This topic brings me one thing to mind agaion: I have definetly too much fonts at hand...

okay, I call some hug font collections my own and I am a big collector of free fonts in the web (I am somehow a regular visitor of dafont.com).

When I am doing a map (or sth other rpg stuff) I usually open up a font manager (I use typograf) and go through some font libraries to check what font could be fitting to the project I am doing.

Normally I take some stylish fantasy or antique font for maps, but in some cases I use plain and good readable fonts as well.

One of my favorites is "Masked Marvel" btw, since it is a CAPS font in the typical comic style, but this one isn't suitable for most fantasy maps though.