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    Link Homann: A Free 18th Century Cartography Brush Set for Fantasy Maps

    Hey everyone! It's been a while. (I've been heads down working on editing my latest book.) I hope everyone is well.

    Today I’m releasing Homann, my latest completely free brush set.

    This set comes from L'Isle de Cadix du Detroit de Gibraltar, a 1788 map of the Strait of Gibraltar, by Johann Baptist Homann, a prolific German geographer, cartographer, and wig haver. The OG map it comes from is pretty unique as it mixes many different styles. So the set is also a bit eclectic. It's partly a battlefield set with fortresses, defensive positions, towns, camps, and unit locations. It's partly cartographic with mountains, flora, and even agriculture represented. It's partly nautical with anchorages and sounding markers. It should work well alongside my other sets.

    These are always distributed under a CC0 license, which means they’re free to use for personal or commercial work. No attribution is required! Let me know what you think!



    You can read more about Homann and download the set over on my blog.

    

Detailed example:


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    Some of the symbols:


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    Homann in use:
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    Last edited by KMAlexander; 10-21-2020 at 04:32 PM. Reason: fixin' typos

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