Possibility 1: EDIT: read further down the tread - this is actually wrong, but I will leave it here to maintain the record of why people said what they said.

Varicolour symbols only work if you open the catalogue, not the folder.

Click the open folder button at the top of the symbol list and open the [catalogue file name].FSC file, rather than the folder.

You might need to purge the existing Flower Shrub symbols from your drawing, save it and reopen it first, or CC3 will remember the first definition for that name and continue to paste the old symbols instead of the new working ones by the same name.

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Possibility 2:

You have an old installer back from when the set was first published. I think it was corrected some time ago, so a fresh download and reinstall might put it right.

Decision time, then. We can't help you make the decision, but it might help you if you do a blank Watabou and Fantasy Cities map of the correct size and just dot a single housing estate and a few trees on it to see what they look like when rendered to the correct size.

That's a good idea, Quenten.

@jmabbott I would put a modified selection in front of them made up of all the ones you think would be more suitable, and explain the problem with using a more detailed style printed so tiny.

You may need a style that is more simple and straightforward with simple blocked in houses and no fancy artistic stuff going on. A highly detailed style like Darklands has a tendency to look quite horrible when printed so tiny. There wouldn't be a problem if this was intended as a poster map to put on the wall, where you might still expect to pick out the details of individual rooftops and chimneys, but it isn't.

If you have a free hand to suggest other styles I recommend something like the Ferraris Style, which is more suitable for larger areas printed small, or the more recent Tactical Maps published in April this year in the Cartographer's Annual. Something more Ordnance Survey in style than artistic. There are other relatively simple styles to chose from, of course. Have a look at what you've got and take the time to consider carefully just how much detail you really want when each house will be little more than a squashed ant in size on the finished letter-sized map.

Hi everyone! :)

Ralf's back from a distant and slightly soggy holiday in the Outer Hebrides, and ready to take on another Live Mapping session. This week he will be demonstrating the Creepy Crypts style from the June Annual issue.

Come along and join in the fun! :)