I don't know why the buildings look different. Here are the settings I used.

Feel free to check out my .fcw file if you want to see how I did it.

Was it this map?

Double check your layers and sheets if you have 'text' hidden.

Also check your current font size, maybe the text is too small to see.

It was a fresh download, I had just purchased the Humble Bundle. I was on Linux, but switched over to a Windows machine and there it unzipped normally. Strange, usually it's the other way around for me. Issue is resolved now. :D

No problem, glad to help out a fellow mapper.

I'd recommend watching tutorials on youtube, that's how I started. Aside from Profantasy's official channel I found Joe Sweeney's channel very helpful. There're a few other channels too.

Sheet effects are turned off by default. Click on the 'sheets' button on the top bar, check 'Activate Sheet Effects', and then click the 'Apply' button.

Ahh, after reading up a bit more on copyright laws I think you're right @ScottA, it would be a derivative work and not transformative. Perhaps the argument could be made that making maps for VTTs alters the meaning/purpose of the original work. If anyone happens to be knowledgeable on copyright laws and can give some insight on this that would be interesting.

I've been using CC3+ on various Linux computers using Wine without any problems for a couple of years now. You can use a frontend like PlayOnLinux and simply follow the install wizard.

Edit: You may have to install the Microsoft Core Fonts library if the text is unreadable.

Ah I see now, you're right. I thought I tried adjusting the line width before but I must've had the layer frozen then or perhaps I'm misremembering and was looking in the wrong place. >_<'