[mapserver-users] truetype symbols

[Joe Bussell]

Why would this be any different than placing the declaration in the
mapfile where all my other symbols are declared?

On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 06:59:37AM -0600, Richard Greenwood wrote:
> At 04:49 PM 10/10/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> >The font file I am attempting to use is one that ESRI released some time
> >ago.  Specifically it is ESRITransportationMunicipal.ttf.  I believe
> >that it is UNICODE mapped.  I tried the constant character 'e' as well
> >as CHARACTER   "e".  When I load the font file into gfontview I can
> >see that the airplane image that I am hoping to use is encoded as 'e'
> 
> Don't define the symbol in the map file, define it in the symbol file (just 
> move the definition from the map file to the symbol file).
> 
> Rich
> 
> >.
> >
> >Have I gone wrong somewhere?
> >
> >Cordially,
> >
> >Joe Bussell
> >On Time Systems
> >www.TrafficDodger.com
> >
> >On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 04:31:30PM -0500, Steve Lime wrote:
> >> First thing to check is the font itself. Does it have a UNICODE
> >> character mapping?
> >>
> >> Steve
> >>
> >> Stephen Lime
> >> Data & Applications Manager
> >>
> >> Minnesota DNR
> >> 500 Lafayette Road
> >> St. Paul, MN 55155
> >> 651-297-2937
> >>
> >> >>> Joe Bussell <joe at otsys.com> 10/10/02 03:36PM >>>
> >> Greetings Listers and Lurkers,
> >>     I have just made a first attempt to apply a truetype symbol with
> >> no
> >> success.  I have data for airport locations in a group of shapefiles
> >> tied together with a tileIndex.  Presently I use a user defined circle
> >> symbol declared as type ELIPSE.  I downloaded a ttf font set that
> >> included an airplane image as one of the characters.  I believed form
> >> the documentation site that I could use this symbol in my mapfile as
> >> an
> >> R-value for the SYMBOL object in a CLASS object.
> >>
> >>     I defined my symbol in my mapfile as such:
> >>
> >> SYMBOL
> >>     NAME        "airportIcon"
> >>     TYPE        TRUETYPE
> >>     FONT        transport
> >>     FILLED      true
> >>     ANTIALIAS   true
> >>     CHARACTER   "e"
> >> END
> >>
> >> In my fontlist file I declare transport to point to the path of the
> >> font
> >> that I downloaded.  I verified that the font was available by writing
> >> a
> >> label with it (looked weird, but it did what I wanted).  I attempted to
> >>
> >> make use of the defined symbol in the following mapfile snippet:
> >>
> >> LAYER
> >>     NAME    pointsOfInterrest
> >>     GROUP   defaultLayer
> >>     TYPE    POINT
> >>     TILEINDEX td_pi.shp    #  DATA usa06037______pi
> >>     STATUS  ON
> >>     LABELITEM "NAME"
> >>     CLASSITEM "FEATTYP"
> >>     MAXSCALE    150000
> >> ... snip ...
> >>     CLASS
> >>         # airport
> >>         EXPRESSION ( ( [FEATTYP] = 7383 ) )
> >>         NAME "Airport"
> >>         BACKGROUNDCOLOR 255 255 255
> >>         COLOR   0 0 0
> >>         OUTLINECOLOR    255 0 0
> >>         SIZE    20
> >>         SYMBOL  "airportIcon"
> >>         LABEL
> >>             ANGLE           AUTO
> >>             ANTIALIAS       TRUE
> >>             BUFFER          2
> >>             COLOR           0 0 0
> >>             WRAP " "
> >>             FONT            Arial
> >>             FORCE           TRUE
> >>             MAXSIZE         256
> >>             MINDISTANCE     10
> >>             MINSIZE         4
> >>             OFFSET          0 0
> >>             PARTIALS        TRUE
> >>             POSITION        lr
> >>             SIZE            6
> >>             TYPE            TRUETYPE
> >>         END
> >>     END
> >> ... snip ...
> >> END
> >>
> >> The feature does not appear, nor does its label.  If I replace
> >> "airportIcon" with "circle" I get the results that we currently
> >> display.
> >> Any ideas on how to get ttf symbols to work?
> >> -
> >>
> >> Cordially,
> >>
> >> Joe Bussell
> >> On Time Systems
> >> www.TrafficDodger.com
> >>
> >>
> >
> >--
> >
> >Cordially,
> >
> >Joe Bussell
> >On Time Systems
> >www.TrafficDodger.com
> 
> Richard W. Greenwood, PLS
> (307) 733-0203
> Rich at GreenwoodMap.com
> www.GreenwoodMap.com
> 
> 

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Cordially,

Joe Bussell
On Time Systems
www.TrafficDodger.com