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

[Jody Garnett]

Note this is quite the legal trap, many governments have contributed to
these fonts, and then are not in a position to use the result with open
source software such as GeoServer (even though we have TTF symbol support).

Specifically for the US fonts above it may be possible to source the
original marks directly from the departments involved via public domain,
and then as a citizen contribute marks. You can see gvsig working on this
kind of issue here
<https://blog.gvsig.org/2013/06/03/gvsig-2-0-forestry-symbol-library/>.

--
Jody Garnett


On Mon, 11 May 2020 at 22:46, Nyall Dawson <nyall.dawson at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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