[Qgis-user] Label outlines.

[Nathan Woodrow]

Bob,

QGIS has had buffer options on the labels for a while now. Just add a
buffer with the colour you want for the outline is all you need.  No need
to copy the data or anything like that.

Nathan

On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 6:00 am Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) <
bob.basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us> wrote:

> All,
>
> Any option in QGIS for outlining Labels?  I’ve sort of got a trick working
> by adding a layer twice (see side note below).  This isn’t good for long
> term editing of the data files (I have to edit both SHP files, or edit one,
> and copy to the new name again.  Hmm, on Linux, does QGIS follow soft links
> correctly?
>
>
> SIDENOTE:  Why do I need to copy a SHP file to a new name in order to use
> the same data file but with different styling.  I would have figured I
> could rename the layer in QGIS and then add the same datafile again, but
> alas, it gets mixed up when the same data file is used more than once.  I
> stacked the same layer on top of itself but with a slightly large text size
> on the bottom (background) in order to display a colored outline of the
> Label/Text.
>
> Thanks
>
> bobb
>
>
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