[Qgis-user] Text styling and placement

[Alister Hood]

Hi,
I think that matches this enhancement request:
http://hub.qgis.org/issues/3843

Alister

> Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:08:06 +0100
> From: "Andrew Chapman" <andrew.chapman at donkagen.co.uk>
> Subject: [Qgis-user] Text styling and placement
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> I'm using 1.7.0 and trying to define a set of styles for use with text
> layers (point shapefiles). There are thousands of such layers (UK
Ordnance
> Survey) which use attribute codes to classify logical types of text.
> What I ideally want to do is use a unique attribute value in a similar
way
> to styling a point, but for the text, i.e. say set text colour, font,
bold,
> etc based on a logical attribute value rather than having additional
> attributes per feature. The same layer may need to be styled in
several
> different ways depending on use (e.g. black and white, high contrast,
etc)
> so adding further attributes isn't attractive. Also, as these should
be
> non-changeable layers for most users, it could be advantageous for
them to
> be read-only.
> I could load the layer many times, each with each layer only showing
(and
> therefore styling) a single logical text type, but this could add a
LOT of
> layers with a major impact on rendering speed. I could save the layer
as
> several layers, but this would be time consuming to do and also be
much
> slower to render.
> Have I missed a trick, or is this something that I should request as
an
> enhancement?
> 
> Andrew