[mapserver-users] true type symbols ...

[Stepan Kafka]

You can use GAP parameter in the symbol definition to set a distance beetwen
symbols.

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> -----Pùvodní zpráva-----
> Od: owner-mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> [mailto:owner-mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu]za uživatele Igor
> Marinovic
> Odesláno: 20. øíjna 2002 7:17
> Komu: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> Pøedmìt: [mapserver-users] true type symbols ...
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm glad that the list is alive again.
>
> I have the following problem: I would like to make lines of layer to
> look like this:
> ------- n/n --------------- n/n --------------- n/n -----
>
> My first idea was to make two symbols, one dashed:
> SYMBOL
>   NAME 'dashed'
>   TYPE ELLIPSE
>   POINTS 1 1 END
>   FILLED TRUE
>   STYLE 20 10 END
> END
>
> and the other, overlay symbol:
> SYMBOL
>   NAME "textover"
>   TYPE TRUETYPE
>   FONT verdana
>   FILLED false
>   ANTIALIAS true
>   CHARACTER "n/n"
>   STYLE 1 23 END
> END
>
> with appropriate style.
>
> After testing, it looks like that truetype symbol is not listening
> the STYLE parameter:
>
> the part of the layer is looking like this:
> http://www.manufacture.co.yu/3.6-line.png
> and with textover symbol it looks like this on 3.6.1 version of the
> mapserver:
> http://www.manufacture.co.yu/3.6.png
> i tried the development version also, and the result was different!
> http://www.manufacture.co.yu/3.7.png
> (the colors are due to
>     OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
>     COLOR 182 182 182
> and the size is:
>      SYMBOL "textover"
>      SIZE 20
> )
>
> questions:
> - it this will be the normal behavior of truetype symbols in 3.7?
> - is there is a chance to include the style parameter to the
> truetype symbol?
> - i read something about offset parameter of the truetype symbols for the
>   3.7 version, how things are going with this?
>
> regards, and greetings from north of yugoslavia,
>
> Igor
>
>