Hi everyone, this is my first piece of content for this community. As my software, I used Inkscape. As my source, I listened to (several versions of) the song „Big River“ by Johnny Cash.
I learned quite a bit, including:
* How to use Inkscape.
* It’s officially ***Saint*** Paul, Minnesota, but ***St.*** Louis, Missouri.
* When a point is on one side of a boundary (like a city on a river), the label should be on that same side of the boundary. (Hence the awkward and unbalancing placement of the three lower cities.)
* Natchez, Mississippi, is not in the standard recording, but is in several other versions.
* Wikimedia Commons can be a good source for SVG files.
I went for a portrait-style image because the content is naturally vertical, and I figured it would be easier to consume for people using their phones.
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Now do „I’ve Been Everywhere“
Now try ‘I’ve Been Everywhere’
Hi everyone, this is my first piece of content for this community. As my software, I used Inkscape. As my source, I listened to (several versions of) the song „Big River“ by Johnny Cash.
I learned quite a bit, including:
* How to use Inkscape.
* It’s officially ***Saint*** Paul, Minnesota, but ***St.*** Louis, Missouri.
* When a point is on one side of a boundary (like a city on a river), the label should be on that same side of the boundary. (Hence the awkward and unbalancing placement of the three lower cities.)
* Natchez, Mississippi, is not in the standard recording, but is in several other versions.
* Wikimedia Commons can be a good source for SVG files.
I went for a portrait-style image because the content is naturally vertical, and I figured it would be easier to consume for people using their phones.
The font is Roboto Slab. The original SVG file can be found [**here**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blank_US_Map_(states_only).svg) and is in the public domain.
I’m open to all feedback. Thanks!
Is it an optical illusion or do you not have the city names aligned on the horizontal