[GRASSLIST:124] Re: Displaying attributes alongside vector data

[Hamish]

> >> What about displaying names(or generically, attributes) with a
> >> small (black or white) border around the (freetype) fonts? So they
> >> can be easily distinguished from the background map.
> >
> > For ps.map, use v.label highlight color controls.
> > For the normal display monitor just use d.text.freetype in two
> > steps: the second time change the color and make the font size one
> > or two less.


I just added support in d.labels for v.label's text highlight color &
width settings, so you don't need to muck around with different font
sizes (that would diverge as you got further from reference point of
text anyway).

It will look better with a Freetype font (d.text.freetype), and will
look worse if you make the highlight width bigger than 3 or 4.


enjoy,
Hamish