[mapserver-users] Font as a symbol?

[Van Ulden, Joost]

We are having no luck trying to use a font for a symbol.  The following is
the relevant code.  Any suggestions would be helpful.  We do not get any
errors, the symbols just don't show.


<symbol definition in mapfile>
SYMBOL
  NAME "arial"
  TYPE TRUETYPE
  FONT arial
  FILLED false
  ANTIALIAS true
  CHARACTER "a"
END

<layer definition in mapfile>
LAYER
  NAME stories
  METADATA
    "DESCRIPTION"   "Local Stories"
    "RESULT_FIELDS" "STORY_ID"
  END
  TYPE POINT
  STATUS DEFAULT
  TOLERANCE 10
  TOLERANCEUNITS pixels
  CLASS
    NAME "Icon_id"
    TEMPLATE void
    SYMBOL 'arial'
    SIZE 10
    COLOR 0 0 0
  END
END

<fonset definition in mapfile>
FONTSET "c:/inetpub/wwwroot/digilib/mapserver/fonts/fonts.txt"

<font mapping in font.txt>
arial
c:/zinetpub/wwwroot/digilib/mapserver/fonts/ARIAL.TTF


Regards,
Joost van Ulden 
Data Integration Specialist 
GSC-Pacific Division 
101-605 Robson St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 5J3
604.666.7525
jvanulde at nrcan.gc.ca