label in symbol?

[blaise]

> Is there a way to draw labels inside a symbol, such as a highway number
> in a shield?  I'm open to programatic php methods (I could probably
> figure that out), but would prefer something automatic or built into MS
> (that's not obvious, since I don't see anything in the docs, tho there
> is an unanswered question in the wiki).

Have you looked at the Itasca demo (that you can download at mapserver
website) ? It seems that it's doing that pretty well with three different
road symbol.
Blaise