Yes, I have done this: Beginning of my marker.sym: FONTSET /data/mapserver/etc/symbols/fonts/fonts.list # Truetype Symbol from Font ESRI Geometric Symbols SYMBOL NAME 'esrigs35' TYPE TRUETYPE FONT "ESRI_Geometric_Symbols" CHARACTER "#" END Relevant part of my fonts.list: ESRI_Geometric_Symbols esri_3.ttf Hope this helps. Markus