Mapserver and Unicode utf-8

anhtin anhtin at GMAIL.COM
Wed Apr 18 06:24:41 EDT 2007


thanks reply
when i use font TcVN3 on PostGis and mapfile config font file is  Vntime.ttf
it so on map server run good
but conver text is unicode and use font file arial .ttf it not ok

Mario Basa wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> The ENCODING parameter converts the character string into UTF-8, so I
> don't think it will be very helpful if the original string is in UTF-8
> already.
> 
> Just make sure that the font set that is being used can handle UTF-8
> characters. Also, if the data is in a different character set before
> it was imported into a UTF-8 PostgreSQL db, make sure that the
> "\encoding" command is used before importing.
> 
> mario.
> 
> 
> On 4/18/07, Steve Lime <Steve.Lime at dnr.state.mn.us> wrote:
>> I didn't see anyone post an answer so just in case. Take a look at the
>> ENCODING parameter in the LABEL object.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> >>> anhtin <anhtin at GMAIL.COM> 04/16/07 2:53 AM >>>
>> hi all
>> i am developing app map use Mapserver and Database PostGis
>> i have a layer province in postgis is table province
>> into province have column name_porvince datatype is character varying
>> Database : ENCODING = 'UTF8'
>> On the mapfile i show name_province but when run some character not
>> format
>> utf-8
>> How is config on Mapfile or Mapserver show text on image is utft-8
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