SV: [Mapserver-users] TrueTypeFont Symbols are not displayed

[Thomsen, Bo Victor]

Hello Astrid -

The font you are using is probably a "symbol" TrueType font. The characters
in such font is not numbered from 0 but from 61440. Try adding 61440 to the
character value for the symbol you want to draw, i.e.:

>From symbol file:

SYMBOL
  NAME "test_tt"
  TYPE TRUETYPE
  FONT "TTMITC__"
  FILLED true
  ANTIALIAS true
# Using symbol no 47 from MI transportation: 61440 + 47 = 61487
CHARACTER "" 
END

Kind regards
 
Bo Thomsen 

GeoConsult I/S 
Denmark

-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
Fra: Astrid Emde (CCGIS) [mailto:astrid.emde at ccgis.de]
Sendt: 25. marts 2004 12:05
Til: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
Emne: [Mapserver-users] TrueTypeFont Symbols are not displayed


Hello list,

I want to use TrueTypeFonts as Symbols.

I have no problem to display "normal" TrueTypeFonts like arial.ttf, 
times.ttf.

But my symbols are part of a TTF-File (ALEFBETN.ttf) that is somehow
different. The symbols of the font can be displayed with HTML-Kit or Word,
but when I want to display the font in my UMN project, only a square is
displayed. Does anybody knows why the fontsymbols are not displayed?

You can have a look at the project...
http://wms.ccgis.de/mapbender/login.php?lingo=english
user: umn
password: umn

The font can be downloaded:
http://www.ccgis.de/download/alefbetn.ttf

Thanks for your help.

Astrid
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