[GRASS5] 5.7: XDRIVER Freetype support functional (incl Asian fonts)

yann yann.chemin at ait.ac.th
Fri Oct 29 08:37:54 EDT 2004


Maybe related...
XDRIVER and other display drivers do not compile on fresh install from
CVS. It has no rule to create libgrass_display.a

The observed consequence is that monitors can not be opened.

On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 06:13 +0200, neteler at itc.it wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> with help of Huidae Cho we got the XDRIVER Freetype support
> functional (incl support for Asian fonts).
> 
> Usage:
> 
> #Japanese Fonts (ojiya sample location from FOSS4G project):
>  d.mon x0
>  d.font.freetype font=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/ipag.ttf
>  d.vect dourokukan
>  d.vect dourokukan disp=attr attrcol=label
> #... displays Japanese characters in the map (atts in DBF file).
> 
> #Spearfish with luxisb.ttf (Sans Serif Bold):
>  d.mon x0
>  d.font.freetype font=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/luxisb.ttf
>  d.vect fields
>  d.vect fields disp=attr attrcol=label
> #... displays Western TTF characters in the map.
> 
> I'll add a screenshot to
>  http://grass.itc.it/i18n.html
> the next days.
> 
> The implementation is a code merge from 5.0-i18N, so special thanks to
> GRASS i18n Project Members:
> http://www.foss4g.org/FOSS4G/GRASS/nf-grass-i18n-en.html
> 
> - Masumoto Shinji, Venkatesh Raghavan, Nonogaki Susumu, Nemoto Tatsuya,
> Hirai  Naoki (Osaka City University, Japan)
> - Hagiwara Akira, Niwa Makoto, Mori Toru (Orkney Inc., Japan)
> - Hattori Norihiro (E-Solution Service, Inc., Japan)
> 
> Sponsored by:
> IPA (Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan)
> 
> TODO:
>  add gettext message support to the TCL based commands
> 
> Enjoy,
> 
>  Markus
> 
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