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

[Alexandre Neto]

Regarding the mil2525 symbols there's this boundless plugin where there we
a bunch of svg symbols

https://github.com/planetfederal/qgis-milstd2525-plugin/tree/master/milstd2525/svg

But that's only the tip of the iceberg...

Best regards,
Alexandre Neto

A quarta, 13/05/2020, 14:40, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> escreveu:

> This discussion starts to get into the value, it is a lot of work to
> gather up these original or alternate sources ... both for end users
> migrating to open source, and for OSGeo projects to do on their own.
>
> I think this would be a great group project.
>
> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 3:44 AM Brad Hards <bradh at frogmouth.net> wrote:
>
>> I have no idea what is in the map fonts (or even what an ESRI map font
>> is), but if you're looking for the symbology for DNC and VMAP, (which sound
>> vaguely like: ESRI NIMA DNC LN, ESRI NIMA DNC PT, ESRI NIMA VMAP1&2 LN,
>> ESRI NIMA VMAP1&2 PT) its probably based on some variant of the NGA GeoSym
>> stuff - MIL-HDBK-857A and MIL-DTL-89045/A
>>
>> If you're prepared to deal with converting CGM to whatever that font
>> thing is, you can download the definitions from the NGA GWG Portrayal
>> Working Group at https://gwg.nga.mil/pfg_documents.php (expect a cert
>> warning)
>>
>> The ESRI Mil2525C Modifiers and some of those MilSym / MilMod things
>> might be MIL-STD-2525 (aka STANAG APP-6) symbology. Not usually treated as
>> a font though....
>>
>> Brad
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> On Behalf Of Nyall Dawson
>> Sent: Tuesday, 12 May 2020 3:46 PM
>> To: Even Rouault <even.rouault at spatialys.com>
>> Cc: OSGeo Discussions <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Free licensed alternative to ESRI map fonts
>>
>> 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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