[Mapserver-users] non-anti-aliased TrueType Fonts possible?, or Bitmap Fonts?

[Ray Ward]

Hi,

I have a couple of questions about the font possibilities for Mapserver
labels. I am using Mapserver v4.0.1 on Solaris 8 (Sparc) with gd v2.0.22,
freetype v2.1.7.

1) How can I turn Anti-Aliasing off? I've tried "ANTIALIAS FALSE" in the map
file and it doesn't seem to make any difference?
		LABEL
			TYPE TRUETYPE
			ANTIALIAS FALSE
			FONT arial
			COLOUR 0 0 0
			OUTLINECOLOUR 255 255 255
			SIZE 8
			BUFFER 1
			POSITION ur
		END

2) Is it possible to use bitmap fonts? such as .FON files or .BDF files?
seems whenever I use the TYPE BITMAP that all the fonts regardless of the
FONT statement come out identicle, a built in predefined bitmap font?
		LABEL
			TYPE BITMAP
			ANTIALIAS FALSE
			FONT arial_bdf
			COLOUR 0 0 0
			OUTLINECOLOUR 255 255 255
			SIZE SMALL
			BUFFER 1
			POSITION ur
		END

Any help with either of these problems would be appreciated...


Ray,
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Ray Ward
IT Technician
MapFusion Technologies Inc.
http://www.mapfusion.com
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