[Mapserver-users] TTF support or not?

[Björn Platzen]

Hi Thilo,

> I get this error message:
> "msGetLabelSize(): TrueType Font error. libgd was not built with
> TrueType font support"
>
> but my version of mapserver should support TTF:
> "MapServer version 3.5 OUTPUT=GIF OUTPUT=PNG OUTPUT=JPEG OUTPUT=WBMP
> SUPPORTS=PROJ SUPPORTS=TTF SUPPORTS=WMS_SERVER INPUT=TIFF INPUT=EPPL7
> INPUT=ORACLESPATIAL INPUT=OGR INPUT=SHAPEFILE"

You have compiled mapserver --with-freetype, but your gdlib doesn't 
support freetype.
try ldd libgd.so.2 (or however your gd is called) and you should get the 
following:

codefabrik:/usr/lib # ldd libgd.so.2
        libXpm.so.4 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4 (0x40067000)
        libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x40076000)
        libjpeg.so.62 => /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62 (0x40136000)
------->libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0x40155000)
        libpng.so.2 => /usr/lib/libpng.so.2 (0x40196000)
        libz.so.1 => /lib/libz.so.1 (0x401c7000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x401d6000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x401f9000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x40321000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x80000000)

If not, then your gdlib is not compiled with freetype-support. IMHO 
Mapserver supports freetype through gd.

hth, Bjoern.

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