Tyalon

[Daelin]

English is not my mother tongue, so i hope you can overlook potential nonconformities.

That sentence must be the contradiction of the century.

As for the font, I too would go for a slimmer font, that goes a little better with style of the map. You can always try lowering the opacity a little, that usually makes the font less obstructive.

A point of criticism: As you mention, you're using Tear's tutorial, which is awesome, but I think you need to work a little more on refinement. What I mean is, for example, the peaks on the mountains don't really look like peaks, because it's obviously the "metal landscape" pattern that's used. The same goes for the grass, which has a "gravel" pattern overlay set to color burn.
Of course, everyone has to learn, and I'm sure that if you practice some more, you'll get it right. Keep at it.