GIS6005: Lab 1 - Map Design

I established a clear labeling hierarchy in this map. I made cities the largest and most legible. Next, I labeled the rivers, and lastly, I made the states a muted, less readable, and contrastable Label. I used a curve placement for the rivers again and a centered placement for the cities. State labels were made grey to suppress them against the rivers and cities. I labeled the rivers using dynamic labeling with curved placement. I allowed the text to follow the natural geometry of each of the rivers. I italicized all of the fonts and made them with light halos and a legible but muted color. I made the labels readable and contrasted them with the background.