[Mapserver-users] can't display truetype fonts

[kgrootendorst at baird.com]

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Dylan,
Once I specified the absolute path to the font in the fonts.txt file, 
everything worked!
Thanks.

Kevin





Dylan Keon <keon at nacse.org> 
07/09/2004 02:25 PM

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Double check that you have the correct FONTSET in your mapfile.  You 
might try giving FONTSET an absolute path, if you haven't already (e.g., 
on my Linux box, FONTSET /www/fonts/fonts.txt).  I've found that I also 
need to use absolute paths within my fonts.txt file (e.g., arial 
/www/fonts/TrueType/arial.ttf).

--Dylan


kgrootendorst at baird.com wrote:
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> I'm having trouble with using true type fonts in my mapserver 
> application.  Basically, if I specify a label as truetype, I receive the 

> following message:   "msGetLabelSize(): TrueType Font error. Could not 
> find/open font ."
> If I specify a label as bitmap, it displays correctly.
> My paths are correct and no problems were noticed during installation.
> I'm not sure why this is happening - should I have some type of 
> 'truetype.dll' somewhere?
> 
> I'm running the following:
> Windows 2000
> Mapserver 4.2
> php mapscript 4.3.4
> Apache 2.0
> 
> *MapScript*
> *MapServer Version *           MapServer version 4.2.0 OUTPUT=GIF 
OUTPUT=PNG 
> OUTPUT=JPEG OUTPUT=WBMP OUTPUT=PDF OUTPUT=SWF SUPPORTS=PROJ 
> SUPPORTS=FREETYPE SUPPORTS=WMS_SERVER SUPPORTS=WMS_CLIENT 
> SUPPORTS=WFS_SERVER SUPPORTS=WFS_CLIENT INPUT=POSTGIS INPUT=OGR 
> INPUT=GDAL INPUT=SHAPEFILE
> *PHP MapScript Version *               ($Revision: 1.194.2.3 $ $Date: 
2004/05/13 
> 21:37:44 $)
> 
> 
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.
> 
> Kevin


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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Dylan,</font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>Double check that you have the correct FONTSET in
your mapfile.  You <br>
might try giving FONTSET an absolute path, if you haven't already (e.g.,
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on my Linux box, FONTSET /www/fonts/fonts.txt).  I've found that I
also <br>
need to use absolute paths within my fonts.txt file (e.g., arial <br>
/www/fonts/TrueType/arial.ttf).<br>
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--Dylan<br>
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kgrootendorst at baird.com wrote:<br>
> <br>
> I'm having trouble with using true type fonts in my mapserver <br>
> application.  Basically, if I specify a label as truetype, I
receive the <br>
> following message:   "msGetLabelSize(): TrueType Font error.
Could not <br>
> find/open font ."<br>
> If I specify a label as bitmap, it displays correctly.<br>
> My paths are correct and no problems were noticed during installation.<br>
> I'm not sure why this is happening - should I have some type of <br>
> 'truetype.dll' somewhere?<br>
> <br>
> I'm running the following:<br>
> Windows 2000<br>
> Mapserver 4.2<br>
> php mapscript 4.3.4<br>
> Apache 2.0<br>
> <br>
> *MapScript*<br>
> *MapServer Version *            
     MapServer version 4.2.0 OUTPUT=GIF OUTPUT=PNG
<br>
> OUTPUT=JPEG OUTPUT=WBMP OUTPUT=PDF OUTPUT=SWF SUPPORTS=PROJ <br>
> SUPPORTS=FREETYPE SUPPORTS=WMS_SERVER SUPPORTS=WMS_CLIENT <br>
> SUPPORTS=WFS_SERVER SUPPORTS=WFS_CLIENT INPUT=POSTGIS INPUT=OGR <br>
> INPUT=GDAL INPUT=SHAPEFILE<br>
> *PHP MapScript Version *          
       ($Revision: 1.194.2.3 $ $Date: 2004/05/13
<br>
> 21:37:44 $)<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.<br>
> <br>
> Kevin<br>
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