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Another possible option might be to do some sort of pipeline conversion
like . . . .<br>
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SVG --> Postscript --> TrueType<br>
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or some other combination.<br>
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bobb<br>
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Steve Lime wrote:
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<pre wrap="">It ain't free but I've used FontCreator
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.high-logic.com/fontcreator.html">http://www.high-logic.com/fontcreator.html</a>) at work to
create fonts including importing simple drawings from Illustrator. Was
a pretty straight forward
package to use if I remember right.
Steve
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<pre wrap="">On 9/2/2009 at 3:19 PM, in message
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<pre wrap=""><!----><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:E534BE8FE04ADF4FA3C837466F4F35405C2BFB@KTWMAIL.ilpcs.com"><E534BE8FE04ADF4FA3C837466F4F35405C2BFB@KTWMAIL.ilpcs.com></a>, "Nolte,
Tim"
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<pre wrap="">That's exactly the sort of thing I'm looking for. There is an app
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<pre wrap=""><!---->called
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<pre wrap="">FontForge that I found but it wasn't very easy to use ask I basically
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<pre wrap=""><!---->had to
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<pre wrap="">know everything there is about what goes into creating fonts.
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<pre wrap=""><!---->Actually I had
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<pre wrap="">to install this on my home Mac as there is no Windows build that
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<pre wrap=""><!---->works
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<pre wrap="">without Cygwin and X.
- Tim
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iPCS Wireless, Inc.
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From: Bob Basques [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:Bob.Basques@ci.stpaul.mn.us">mailto:Bob.Basques@ci.stpaul.mn.us</a>]
Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 4:17 PM
To: Yves Jacolin (free); Nolte, Tim; <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org">mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org</a>
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<pre wrap="">Subject: RE: [mapserver-users] Convert SVG/EPS/PS File for Use as
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<pre wrap=""><!---->aSymbol
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<pre wrap="">A thought, is there a SVG to TrueType font convertor anywhere, this
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<pre wrap=""><!---->would
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<pre wrap="">allow for the symbol scaling . . .
bobb
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<pre wrap="">"Nolte, Tim" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Tim.Nolte@ipcswirelessinc.com"><Tim.Nolte@ipcswirelessinc.com></a> wrote:
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Looks like I forgot to mention that my desire is to convert to a
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<pre wrap=""><!---->vector
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<pre wrap="">format that I can use. It's no problem for me to create a bitmap to
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<pre wrap=""><!---->use but
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<pre wrap="">bitmaps don't scale as well as vector.
- Tim
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Timothy J Nolte - <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:tnolte@ilpcs.com">tnolte@ilpcs.com</a>
Network Planning Engineer
iPCS Wireless, Inc.
4717 Broadmoor Ave, Suite G
Kentwood, MI 49512
Office: 616-656-5163
PCS: 616-706-2438
Fax: 616-554-6484
Web: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.ipcswirelessinc.com">www.ipcswirelessinc.com</a>
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From: Yves Jacolin (free) [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:yjacolin@free.fr">mailto:yjacolin@free.fr</a>]
Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 3:53 PM
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org">mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org</a>
Cc: Nolte, Tim
Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Convert SVG/EPS/PS File for Use as a
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<pre wrap=""><!---->Symbol
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<pre wrap="">Le mercredi 02 septembre 2009, Nolte, Tim a écrit :
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<pre wrap="">Does anyone have any ideas of how to convert an SVG/EPS/PS file to
something so that I can use it as a symbol on my map? I've searched
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<pre wrap=""><!---->and
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<pre wrap="">searched for some sort of application that will convert it to
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<pre wrap=""><!---->something
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<pre wrap="">I can use, no luck.
- Tim
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<pre wrap="">Tim,
You can try imagemagick [1] ;)
Y.
[1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php">http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php</a>
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"Donner la liberté aux individus ne suffit pas, il faut aussi leur
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<pre wrap=""><!---->donner du
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<pre wrap="">pouvoir, de la puissance d'agir." M Gauchet
"Give freedom to people is not enough, we also have to give them the
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<pre wrap="">to use this freedom, to act". M Gauchet
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