[mapserver-users] problem using some fonts on pdf output

[José María Michia]

2008/12/12 Brent Fraser <bfraser at geoanalytic.com>:
> José,
>
>  I think it has to do with font embedding in the output pdf.  Looking at the
> source code, Mapserver appears to embed fonts used for symbols, but not for
> text labels.
>
> Brent Fraser

I've tried use the font Times as symbol, and yes, font are embedded in
the resultant pdf. But, the labels using the same font in this file,
not uses the same font. This is only a test, is not a good solution,
because forcing to use the desired font as symbol.

Maybe is easy to change the code for include in the PDF the fonts used
in labels, but not for me  right now. I hope to learn how some day.

Thanks to Brent and all the people of MapServer.
Saludos
José María

> José María Michia wrote:
>>
>> Hi all.
>>
>> I have a mapfile, with some layers, with labels. I wish to use two
>> differents fonts, "arial" and "times". I have the two fonts as tff.
>> All work fine when I use shp2img utility program for make PNG files.
>> But, when I change output format to PDF, the text that must be in
>> times font, appears in other font (a Sans variant). I've opened the
>> PDF in Acroread and Inkscape, with same results.
>>
>> I'm using:
>>
>> Linux Gentoo
>> Mapserver 5.2.1 from sources
>>
>> "Sans" is nice font, and I happy with the map produced, but I wish to
>> know what happens. (I need "PDF files", and not "PNG files", because
>> the final maps are hardcopy maps).
>>
>> Thanks for any advice.
>>
>> Saludos
>> José María
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