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class=595074514-16112006>If you don't need symbol size to scale, you could save
it into a PNG which you can then use as a symbol in Mapguide. This should give
you transparency and let you avoid having to create a font
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class=595074514-16112006>Traian</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Campbell, Keith A
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color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks Jason, I'll check these out.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Do you know if custom symbols can be created such that the
background is transparent. I think in MG 6.x symbols created as wmf and emf
types could have transparent backgrounds - back you did need to identify the
transparent colour in MG Author.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Jason Birch
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color=#0000ff size=2>Fontographer is apparently the premium font creation tool,
but I've been importing bitonal symbols into High-Logic FontCreator with a
fair amount of success. Using fonts is a pain, but it does add some
flexibility around making sure that web and desktop GIS users are seeing the
same thing.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><B>Subject:</B> [mapguide-users] Custom
Symbols<BR></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=554064217-15112006><FONT color=#0000ff> <FONT face=Tahoma
color=#000000><BR></FONT> </FONT></SPAN>I'm having some unexpected problems
with custom symbols.</FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Firstly, I can add symbols into a symbol library, but
some of them do not display when added to a point layer. This happens with fonts
also. I've not identified what the difference is between the ones that display
and the ones that don't as yet - perhaps there is some limit on the size of the
symbol file?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Secondly, I can't add a custom symbol that has a
transparent background. Are fonts the only way to go with this (if you can get
them to display)? If so, does anybody know of a good application that will
create true type fonts?</FONT></P>
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