[Mapserver-users] Labels with strange AUTO angles - fixed,with explanation

[Paul Dymecki]

Hi,
    I was wondering if anyone would know why points would be shifted down
slightly in a projection?
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed McNierney" <ed at topozone.com>
To: <mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 12:57 PM
Subject: RE: [Mapserver-users] Labels with strange AUTO angles - fixed,with
explanation


> Steve -
>
> That's correct.  If 3.7 could *require* GD 2.x and FT 2.x, then a lot of
things could be simplified.
>
> - Ed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Lime [mailto:steve.lime at dnr.state.mn.us]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 12:52 PM
> To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu; Ed McNierney
> Subject: RE: [Mapserver-users] Labels with strange AUTO angles -
> fixed,with explanation
>
>
> Ok, so where are we at? MapServer and GD are cool. Nothing needs to be
> done. Eexcept ditching old versions of GD and Freetype from the
> MapServer. Doing so would alleviate some of these issues, expecially the
> way Linux comes stocked...
>
> Thanks for your work on this!
>
> Steve
>
> >>> "Ed McNierney" <ed at topozone.com> 03/05/03 10:47AM >>>
> OK, it's fixed now.  I was wrong to blame GD.  It was a FreeType bug.
>
> Do NOT use FreeType 2.1.2.  Use FreeType 2.1.3, in which this bug is
> documented and fixed.  If you think you have FreeType 2.1.2 and don't
> see this problem, keep reading.
>
> I took the test program I sent around and had Steve Woodbridge build it
> on his Linux system.  The text went the OTHER way and behaved as
> documented.  So we had a little chat:
>
> E: "Are you SURE you're using GD 2.0.11?"
> S: "Yup."
> E: "Are you SURE you're using FreeType 2.1.2?"
> S: "Yup."
> E: "Hmmmm...."
>
> A little later, Steve reports that he's running (on Red Hat) RH's
> freetype-2.1.2-7 distribution.  Not all FreeType 2.1.2s are alike.  Red
> Hat (at least) seems to roll updates and fixes into the RPM, keeping the
> same base version.  So Steve's FreeType 2.1.2 was not the same as MY
> FreeType 2.1.2 and his had the bug fixed and mine did not.
>
> It appears that other folks are using "newer" FreeType 2.1.2 releases
> than mine, explaining why I'm out in this parallel universe seeing bugs
> no one else sees.
>
> FreeType 2.1.3 is a stable, full release, and is the current stable
> release of FreeType.  Anyone using FT 2 should be using it.
>
> - Ed
>
> Ed McNierney
> President and Chief Mapmaker
> TopoZone.com / Maps a la carte, Inc.
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> North Chelmsford, MA  01863
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