[OSGeo-Discuss] Free licensed alternative to ESRI map fonts

[Nyall Dawson]

On Wed, 6 May 2020 at 01:13, Even Rouault <even.rouault at spatialys.com> wrote:

> for my understanding, and hopefully help others, I assume the issue is that you have a style definition where there are tuples of (font_identifier, symbol_identifier_in_the_font) to define the styling of layers with point geometries, right ?

Partially, but the "bigger picture" is that there's just no
alternative freely available version of many of these symbol graphics
themselves. That's the blocker that I've encountered.

> If that's only the former, then assuming there would be N open fonts already covering the whole set of ESRI symbology fonts (unlikely), one could possibly create a mapping between each tuple of (ESRI_font_id, ESRI_symbol_id) to (OPEN_font_id, OPEN_symbol_id). If the later, then you need a complete replacement for each proprietary font.

It's the later.

> How many symbols / fonts are we discussing about ?

There's about 73 fonts total (see list below, may not be complete),
which average about 100 icons apiece.

ESRI AMFM Electric
ESRI AMFM Gas
ESRI AMFM Sewer
ESRI AMFM Water
ESRI ArcPad
ESRI Arrowhead
ESRI Business
ESRI Cartography
ESRI Caves 1
ESRI Caves 2
ESRI Caves 3
ESRI Climate & Precipitation
ESRI Commodities
ESRI Conservation
ESRI Crime Analysis
ESRI Default Marker
ESRI Dimensioning
ESRI Elements
ESRI Enviro Hazard Analysis
ESRI Enviro Hazard Incident
ESRI Enviro Hazard Sites
ESRI Environmental & Icons
ESRI ERS Infrastructures S1
ESRI ERS Operations S1
ESRI Fire Incident NFPA
ESRI Geology AGSO 1
ESRI Geology
ESRI Geology USGS 95-525
ESRI Geometric Symbols
ESRI Hazardous Materials
ESRI Hydrants
ESRI IGL Font16
ESRI IGL Font20
ESRI IGL Font21
ESRI IGL Font22
ESRI IGL Font23
ESRI IGL Font24
ESRI IGL Font25
ESRI Meteorological 01
ESRI Mil2525C Modifiers
ESRI MilMod 01
ESRI MilMod 02
ESRI MilRed 01
ESRI MilSym 01
ESRI MilSym 02
ESRI MilSym 03
ESRI MilSym 04
ESRI MilSym 05
ESRI NIMA City Graphic LN
ESRI NIMA City Graphic PT
ESRI NIMA DNC LN
ESRI NIMA DNC PT
ESRI NIMA VMAP1&2 LN
ESRI NIMA VMAP1&2 PT
ESRI North
ESRI Oil, Gas, & Water
ESRI Ordnance Survey
ESRI Pipeline US 1
ESRI Public1
ESRI SDS 1.95 1
ESRI SDS 1.95 2
ESRI SDS 2.00 1
ESRI SDS 2.00 2
ESRI Shields
ESRI Surveyor
ESRI Telecom
ESRI Transportation & Civic
ESRI US Forestry 1
ESRI US Forestry 2
ESRI US MUTCD 1
ESRI US MUTCD 2
ESRI US MUTCD 3
ESRI Weather