Re: Practical Conlanging

John Leland wrote:
> In a message dated 6/10/04 2:41:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> mhpotter@BELLSOUTH.NET writes:
>
> << For someone who works with computers, I am very old-fashioned. I use a
>  plain old spiral notebook to write down vocabulary and texts. If I have
>  time, then I transfer that to the computer.  >>
> Nice to know I'm not the only spiral-notebook conlanger left.
>
> Regarding maps, can you recommend a good way to do maps on computer? I know
> there are ways to do that, but I have never followed up on them.
>
> John Leland
>
I made the Idzon map in the GIMP, and I did it mostly freehand. I do
know that there are programs out there that make maps, and there's a
tutorial at Zompist.

Just looking around, AutoREALM seems good (and free), but mainly geared
towards RPG use.

HTH, HAND.

[Zompist map-making tutorial: http://zompist.com/howto2.htm]
[AutoREALM: http://http://autorealm.sourceforge.net/]

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Michael