I would give them a default scale in import for the reasons Remy explained. If there's no scale they don't get smaller when you zoom out or larger when you zoom in. They just stay the same size, which isn't the size you will see when the map is exported.

Giving them a scale stabilises the situation so the tile actually looks the way it is no matter how zoomed in or out you are, and no matter how large or small you export your map.

Hi Everyone! :D

Hope you are having a lovely Christmas and a really great New Year!

In this first Live Mapping session of 2024, Ralf will be starting the year by demonstrating the first issue of the Cartographer's Annual 2024 . Come along and join in the chat here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99nldttTOo8

Or if you prefer you can watch it here (though there's no live chat on the forum)

Alyssa's maps are hand drawn, though we do have an annual style called Alyssa Faden Overland that was created several years ago in this annual. https://www.profantasy.com/annual/2014/november14.html

Yeah :)

Mike Schley is the largest overland style we have. It's also been further enlarged with many of the free additional symbol sets published monthly and available to download on your registration page.

It's much, much larger than Spectrum Overland, so if you started with Mike Schley because you like it, it might be worth going back to Mike Schley before you really get dug in to the mapping, as it offers more flexibility.

Most overland styles have marshes, including the Mike Schley style you started with. However, the MS style is so big you might not have found the drawing tool for the marshes.