How it works
Type a place name and this page draws it as a map label: Cinzel capitals on an arch, nothing behind them, ready to lay over your own map. The ten fantasy map fonts are sorted by what they label. You get pictures, not font files.
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Which face for which feature
Realms and cities: Cinzel, Marcellus SC and IM Fell English SC, all capitals, which many map makers keep for larger features. Towns and roads: Almendra, MedievalSharp, Metamorphous. Ruins and old kingdoms: Uncial Antiqua, Pirata One. Seas and rivers: the scripts Tangerine and Italianno. Italics are common for water on maps, Wikipedia records, because the curving form suggests flow.
Follow the coast
Shape bends the name: Arch or Smile for a coast or a range, Wave for a river. Bend, under More options, sets how far. A curve takes one line of up to 60 characters.
- On Transparent the PNG is cut to the lettering, so it drops onto a map with no box round it.
- Tangerine is thin. Pen weight thickens it so a river name survives being shrunk.
Questions and answers
Can I download the faces as font files?
Not here. The page draws labels as pictures, a PNG or an SVG. Each face is listed under the tool with its name and license.
How do I spread a region name across a wide area?
Type a space between the letters: N O R T H M A R C H. The tool has no letter-spacing control, and a curve still takes 60 characters, spaces included.
Which colors suit an old map?
Black or Blue-black for most names, Blood red for a capital, Olive for a forest. Sand is pale: keep it for the Black background.