FONTSET problem on mac os x - empty rectangles in the image

[Webb Sprague]

On 10/15/07, Stephen Woodbridge <woodbri at swoodbridge.com> wrote:
> The problem is that the arial    /Library/Fonts/ArialHB.ttf font you are
> using is not the same encoding as the shapefile data.

Cool, and thanks for your help.  But what is this "encoding" and how
do I fix it?  I am using a postgis table, which I think is AASCII...
Is that the encoding of which you speak?

Tx
W

> -Steve
>
> Webb Sprague wrote:
> > I am attaching the file, but this didn't fix the problem.  You can see
> > the empty boxes.
> >
> > Thx, though ;)
> >
> > -W
> >
> > On 10/15/07, Stephen Woodbridge <woodbri at swoodbridge.com> wrote:
> >> Is this a transparent overlay layer? is IMAGECOLOR 0 0 0? if so then
> >> that color is transparent and you leters are also transparent. If that
> >> is the case change your label COLOR 1 1 1 and it should fix the problem.
> >>
> >> -Steve
> >>
> >> Webb Sprague wrote:
> >>> Hi again
> >>>
> >>> I am trying to get labels based on a the "name" field in a postgis
> >>> table (of GNIS placenames). Everything works great (the overlay, the
> >>> triangle symbol, etc), but in the image, I get empty boxes where the
> >>> letters should be (though I get a one-to-one box to letter).  If
> >>> anyone can help, I would sure appreciate it.  (I am  running a generic
> >>> mapserver from installed by fink.)
> >>>
> >>>  Here is the view definition in sql:
> >>>
> >>> SELECT placenames.gid AS oid, placenames.name, placenames.desig,
> >>> placenames.elev, placenames.the_geom
> >>>    FROM placenames
> >>>   WHERE placenames.desig::text = 'airport'::text
> >>>   ORDER BY placenames.gid;
> >>>
> >>> Here is the my font file (yes, the files do exist):
> >>>
> >>> MAPSCRIPT[2]$ cat fonts.list
> >>> arial    /Library/Fonts/ArialHB.ttf
> >>> arial2    /Library/Fonts/Arial
> >>> MAPSCRIPT[2]$
> >>>
> >>> Here is the layer in my mapfile:
> >>>
> >>>         LAYER
> >>>                 NAME "airports"
> >>>                 CONNECTIONTYPE postgis
> >>>                 CONNECTION "user=wsprague dbname=or_gis host=localhost"
> >>>                 DATA "the_geom from airports_view"
> >>>                 STATUS DEFAULT
> >>>                 TYPE POINT
> >>>
> >>>                 LABELITEM "name"
> >>>                 LABELCACHE ON
> >>>
> >>>                 CLASS
> >>>                         NAME "LocationSymbol"
> >>>                         SYMBOL "triangle"
> >>>                         COLOR 100 100 82
> >>>
> >>>                    LABEL
> >>>                                 # OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 255
> >>>                                 # MINDISTANCE 200 # Label only at close range
> >>>                                 COLOR 0 0 0
> >>>                                 TYPE TRUETYPE
> >>>                                 SIZE 12
> >>>                                 FONT "arial"
> >>>                                 POSITION cc
> >>>                                 ANGLE AUTO
> >>>                                 PARTIALS FALSE
> >>>                         END #end label
> >>>
> >>>                 END
> >>>         END
> >>
> >>
> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
>
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