Using truetype fonts (Linux)

[Armin Burger]

Stephen,

you're missing the semicolon. Try to use

   CHARACTER "/"

Normally it should also work to specify

   CHARACTER "/"

Armin


Stephen Davies wrote:
> OOPS! I spoke too soon.
> 
> The error messages went away but I hadn't checked the results properly.
> 
> The symbol definition that I am building looks like this:
> 
> SYMBOL
>         NAME "fence"
>         TYPE TRUETYPE
>         FONT "arial"
>         CHARACTER "&#47"
>         ANTIALIAS TRUE
>         GAP 15
> END
> 
> What I see when I try to draw a "fence" is not the "/" character but the 
> string "&#47".
> 
> The character number used is irrelevant; whatever number I put in the 
> symbol file is displayed as a string rather than as a character.
> 
> Stephen
> 
>