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The calligraphy fonts I have all are too "thin" they don't show up very well in such a small graphic. Transparent letters were proving to be very difficult as well. I'll keep trying if you'd like.
as for adding it as your avatar you should be able to link it straight from the same place these are linked from
(if you'd link the link to the others all you need to do is right click the image, click "properties" and "copy" the "address/URL" that is the link you'll need to have that same image as your avatar. Hope that makes sense.)
this one is ...
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads6/stratav9_5_1.jpg

The calligraphy fonts I have all are too "thin" they don't show up very well in such a small graphic. Transparent letters were proving to be very difficult as well. I'll keep trying if you'd like.
as for adding it as your avatar you should be able to link it straight from the same place these are linked from

this one is ...
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads6/stratav9_5_1.jpg