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  1. 10-18-2007, 03:46 PM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by pyrandon View Post
    Caeldera http://www.blambot.com/fonts.shtml (scroll down in the left window to "Title Fonts")
    Caeldera is certainly one of my favorites! I used to run FlatEarth.com before it degenerated and I sold it (you should see who owns the domain now! ), and Nate Piekos at blambot made that font to honor the collaborative world-building project we had there. The world project name was Caeldera, of course.
    I noticed Joshua_101 also has Flat Earth Scribe, another Piekos creation for FlatEarth.com. Nate is a really great resource for fonts, and blambot is my favorite font site.

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  2. 10-18-2007, 04:55 PM #2
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    Welcome to the guild FlatEarth! In your honour (well not really!) I think we should make this font thread a sticky - it's too useful to let flow down the threads. Caledra is one of my favourite fonts, although I haven't had the right context to use it properly but it's one I always consider. Please make more!

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  3. 10-18-2007, 06:41 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by FlatEarth View Post
    Caeldera is certainly one of my favorites! I used to run FlatEarth.com before it degenerated and I sold it (you should see who owns the domain now! ), and Nate Piekos at blambot made that font to honor the collaborative world-building project we had there. The world project name was Caeldera, of course.
    I noticed Joshua_101 also has Flat Earth Scribe, another Piekos creation for FlatEarth.com. Nate is a really great resource for fonts, and blambot is my favorite font site.

    I ran the FlatEarth.com site for over 10 years, and in it's golden age it was a great place. Sadly, in later years it was overrun with munchkins (and I was overwhelmed with Real Life) and I decided to give it up. It had a good run, though.

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    While they might not necessarily be "favorite" fantasy fonts, I have created 2 fonts several years ago for my game and some projects. I've never distributed but I'd be willing to share them if anyone is interested.



    Anyway, my favorite fonts depend on the purpose of the map.

    For maps that are just for show, I like using handwritten like fonts. For sci-fi based maps on starcharts and stuff, I use what looks like a LCD font.

    Functional in-game maps are usually done with 10 or 12 pt Verdana.
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  5. 10-29-2007, 04:24 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Arcana View Post
    I used to LOVE the flatearth website in its heydey...wow I must say I'm honored to have you here on my site now as a member...
    I am just glad you have this site! Map making and fonts are things I am truly interested in, so finding such a well run site dealing with map making is a real treat for me.
    Well done!
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    Site with a lot of free fonts: http://www.creamundo.com/index.php?lang=en
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    Some very nice symbol / Dingbat fonts there too. Great find, Ian.
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  8. 11-03-2007, 01:35 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Valarian View Post
    Site with a lot of free fonts: http://www.creamundo.com/index.php?lang=en
    Dang, that site has a lot of fonts! I didn't even get through the A's and saw half a dozen great ones I have never seen before. Great Find!
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    You can download fonts of the map symbols used in the maps for Monte Cook's Ptolus here:

    http://www.ptolus.com/cgi-bin/page.c...tolus_enhance4
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    Another great website for fantasy fonts is dafonts
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