Blondbeard wrote
on't you think that's a good idea.
It can be made to work, but I don't think these specific three choices should ever appear on the same page
The Large Areas one is kind of a Decaffeinated Gothic Minuscule, with a definite nod to the 16th Century or so. Not that it's bad in itself, but it doesn't really go with the Rivers and Features one -- this is more of an engraveably formal pseudo-handwriting as you might find on certificates from the 18th to 21st C.
As for the Place Names ... well, that one
is bad in itself. For instance, look at the huge swash on the lower arm of the capital K (first page bottom "
K ehlan"
, second page top "
K arest"
), which seriously interferes with the spacing. And even if it were a technically better font, it's yet another completely different style; something like a less formal version of Rivers-and-Features, but scrawled with a ballpoint.
In other words, I'm going to agree right back at bflatjeff here: Mixing typefaces is hard. Better to choose one (ideally one which has different styles like Regular and Italic designed right in), and work with those and with size variation and (for rivers/coasts/mountain ranges) orientation.
To help you choose: Do you want the map to reflect the technology available in your world, i.e. is it supposed to be a map
from, or just a map
of? Or do you perhaps have a narrator from a specific culture/time period, like e.g. Tolkien's early 20th C. "
translation and edition of old sources"
?
