Once again: Truetype symbols

[TC Haddad]

Frank,

did you try something like this in your map file:

   CLASS
     Name "Arbres isol=E9s"
     Template "dasistegal.html"
    STYLE
      Symbol "Tree"
      Color 255 0 0
      Size 50
    END
   END

I think STYLE is mandatory for Mapserver 4.x

Tanya




On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:13:54 +0200, Frank Broniewski
<Frank.Broniewski at MNHA.ETAT.LU> wrote:

>Hello List
>
>I am trying to use some characters from esris ttf fonts for my map. But I
>only get squares as symbols, not the expected Treesymbol. I even tried to
>use the arial font, but even there I get only squares. Does anybody have a
>clue what this is about? I tried changing fonts, renaming the fonts, tried
>using the Ascii codes instead of typing the letter but nothing helped.
>I did search the archives for such behavior, but the tips mentioned there
>(moving the symbols to symbol file) did not help.
>
>I run mapserver on Windows Xp Home with Sp2, Apache 2.0.50 and PHP 4.3.8
>installed. Mapserver Version is 4.2.1, PHP Map Script info from phpinfo()
is
>$Revision: 1.194.2.4 $ $Date: 2004/07/07 19:37:19 $
>
>I created a symbol definition file which contains my "symbol". Here is the
>relevant part:
>  SYMBOL
>    NAME "Tree"
>    TYPE TRUETYPE
>    FONT forest2
>    FILLED TRUE
>    ANTIALIAS TRUE
>    CHARACTER "j"
>  END
>
>In the fontlist I defined the font forest2:
>forest2   c:\windows\fonts\esri_652.ttf
>
>In the mapfile I call the symbol with the following lines of code:
>   CLASS
>     Name "Arbres isolés"
>     Template "dasistegal.html"
>     Symbol "Tree"
>     Color 255 0 0
>     Size 50
>   END
>
>
>
>
>
>Frank Broniewski
>Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art
>Section Préhistoire / Projet EPC