<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>QGIS supports two type of symbols:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>1) Hard coded symbols (the 5 point symbols) which can have graduated colour sybology applied</DIV><DIV>2) SVG symbols which cant have ramped colours</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Users can add svgs easily by simply dropping them in the appropriate folder.</DIV><DIV>Point symbols need to be added programmaticall</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>In the future it is my plan to define colour presets for svg symbols that will have ramping applied. So for example we would say that black would be replaced by the ramped colour.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>There are lots of free svg symbols available a google search away....</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Regards</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Tim</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 05/08/2006, at 14:58, Mateusz Loskot wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Today, one of QGIS user in Poland asked me a question about custom</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">symbols in QGIS.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Here I'm forwarding his questions:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1. There are 5 poing symbols available in QGIS. Is it possible to add</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">new symbols, for example SVG files?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">2. If it is possible, how to add new symbols to the QGIS?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">3. Are there any additional point symbols available to download from a</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">website?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I'd appreciate any feedback on this subject.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Best regards</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">--<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Mateusz Loskot</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://mateusz.loskot.net">http://mateusz.loskot.net</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Qgis-developer mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:Qgis-developer@lists.qgis.org">Qgis-developer@lists.qgis.org</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://lists.qgis.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer">http://lists.qgis.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Tim Sutton</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:tim@linfiniti.com">tim@linfiniti.com</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>