[Mapserver-users] rotated label

Wed Aug 6 14:47:00 PDT 2003

Hi, 

Thanx for the tips Steve.
I use GD 2.0.15.
I tested the truetype font using ftstring, rotation OK.
I think I have more gd and freetype version on my matchine under /usr.
How can I force configure to use the newer version of the gd and freetype?

The result of configure:B
./configure --with-ogr=/usr/bin/gdal-config --with-gdal=/usr/bin/gdal-config --with-gd=/usr

checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for c++... (cached) c++
checking whether the C++ compiler (c++  ) works... yes
checking whether the C++ compiler (c++  ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C++... (cached) yes
checking whether c++ accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for ranlib... (cached) ranlib
checking for flex... (cached) flex
checking for yywrap in -lfl... (cached) yes
checking for bison... (cached) bison -y
checking if compiler supports -R... (cached) no
checking if compiler supports -Wl,-rpath,... (cached) yes
checking for exp in -lm... (cached) yes
checking for __gxx_personality_v0 in -lstdc++... (cached) no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... (cached) gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
checking for strcasecmp... (cached) yes
checking for strncasecmp... (cached) yes
checking for strdup... (cached) yes
checking whether we should include JPEG support...
checking for jpeg_read_header in -ljpeg... yes
        using libjpeg from system libs.
checking where FreeType 2.x is installed...
        using libfreetype from -lfreetype -lz
checking for FT_Init_FreeType in -lfreetype... yes
        using libfreetype -lfreetype from system libs.
checking where Zlib is installed...
checking for zlibVersion in -lz... yes
        using libz from system libs.
checking where PNG is installed...
checking for png_init_io in -lpng... yes
        using libpng from system libs.
checking where libXpm is installed...
checking for XpmFreeXpmImage in -lXpm... no
        XPM (libXpm) library cannot be found, possibly needed for GD
checking where libiconv is installed...
checking for libiconv_open in -liconv... no
        libiconv library cannot be found, possibly needed for GD
checking for GD 2.0.12 or higher...
checking for gdImageSetAntiAliased in -lgd... yes
        using libgd 2.0.12 (or higher) from -L/usr/lib -lgd -ljpeg 
-lfreetype -lpng -lz  
checking for gdImageGif in -lc... no
checking for gdImagePng in -lc... yes
checking for gdImageJpeg in -lc... yes
checking for gdImageWBMP in -lc... yes
checking for gdImageStringFT in -lc... yes
checking for gdImageGifPtr in -lc... no
        using GD ( -DUSE_GD_PNG -DUSE_GD_JPEG -DUSE_GD_WBMP -DUSE_GD_FT) 
from /usr.
checking whether we should include PDF support...
checking for PDF_setlinewidth in -lpdf... no
checking for PDF_setrgbcolor in -lpdf... no
checking for PDF_moveto in -lpdf... no
checking for PDF_curveto in -lpdf... no
checking for PDF_show_xy in -lpdf... no
        libpdf not found... PDF support not included.
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checking for TIFFOpen in -ltiff... yes
        using libtiff from system libs.
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        including EPPL7 support.
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        PROJ.4 support not requested.
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        thread safe support disabled.
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        ESRI SDE support not requested.
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        MPATROL support not requested.
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checking for OGRRegisterAll in -lgdal.1.1... (cached) yes
        using OGR from system libs.
checking if GDAL support requested... yes, user supplied gdal-config 
(/usr/bin/gdal-config)
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        OGC WMS Compatibility not enabled (PROJ.4 is required for WMS).
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        OGC WFS Server support not requested.
checking whether we should include WMS Client Connections support...
        OGC WMS Client Connections not enabled (PROJ.4 and libcurl 
required).
checking whether we should include WFS Client Connections support...
        OGC WFS Client Connections not enabled (PROJ.4, libcurl and OGR 
required).
checking for curl-config
Compiling with -DIGNORE_MISSING_DATA.
checking whether we should enable debug features...
checking for PHP/MapScript module options...
        PHP/MapScript module not configured.
creating ./config.status
creating Makefile

Tanx,
Zoltan

On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Steve Lime wrote:

> Which GD version (latest is definitely greatest with respect to TrueType
> support)? The other problem could be the font itself. Have you tried
> other ones with the same result. I believe the new version of FreeType
> makes better use of internal font metrics, and in some low quality fonts
> that could actually make things worse than with old versions of
> FreeType. FreeType has some tools to do test rendering (using X11) of
> strings with a font at various angles and sizes. You could try that tool
> and see if the problem appears there too. That would help us narrow down
> the source of the problem (GD or Freetype or perhaps even MapServer). If
> it's a GD error we do have priority bug fixing status with them (I think
> it's still in effect).
> 
> Steve
> 
> >>> Siki Zoltan <siki at bme-geod.agt.bme.hu> 08/05/03 07:11PM >>>
> Hi,
> 
> I get into trouble with rotated labels, I tried 3.6.5 3.6.6 4.0
> with freetype 2.1.4.
> 
> layer definition from the map file:
> LAYER
>     NAME "streat_names"
>     DATA xshp/unev1
>     STATUS ON
>     GROUP "annotation"
>     TYPE LINE
>     LABELITEM "NAME"
>     LABELMAXSCALE 5000
>     CLASS
>         COLOR -1 -1 -1
>         LABEL
>             COLOR 200 0 200
>             ANGLE AUTO
>             SIZE 12
>             FONT timb
>             TYPE TRUETYPE
>         END
>     END
> END
> 
> There is a line in fonts.lst file:
> timb /usr/share/fonts/default/TrueType/timb____.ttf
> 
> I get text where letters are not rotated but the position is
> changed for each characters e.g. a text at 45 degree
> 
> s          or           e
>  a                     l
>   m                   p
>    p                 m
>     l               a
>      e             s
> 
> Any idea?
> 
> Tankx
> 

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