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

[José María Michia]

I've found that option "ANGLE=follow" not works with PDF output format.

I guess it might be useful to send a message to where they are
planning changes to the PDF support:

>> And I see there's support for an alternate PDF library planned:
>> http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2661

So, i will to do this.

Saludos
José María

2008/12/15 José María Michia <jose.maria.michia at gmail.com>:
> 2008/12/15 Brent Fraser <bfraser at geoanalytic.com>:
>> José,
>>
>>  I did some investigation and I think I found the line in mappdf.c that
>> needs to be changed, line 1318:
>>
>>   /*load font using alias*/
>> //  font = PDF_load_font(pdf, "f1" ,0 ,"winansi", NULL
>>   font = PDF_load_font(pdf, label->font ,0 ,"winansi", "embedding=true" );//
>> changed so (multiple) fonts are embedded
>>
>>
>> It appears to work on my XP computer, but I don't have a linux box to test
>> on.  So if someone could test on linux etc, I'd appreciate it.
>
> I tried this on my Linux, and works well.
>
> Note: if the font who used, have license restrictions, the font can
> not be embedded.
>
>> And I see there's support for an alternate PDF library planned:
>> http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2661
>>
>> Brent Fraser
>
> Thanks very much Brent. Now, I will to use "Times" where I desired.
>
> Something strange (to me) with this: I have not had a problem to use
> "Italic Times" in the first case where I could not use Times.
>
> In the file "FONTSET," I have defined:
>
> times   /fontpath/times.ttf
> timesi   /fontpath/timesi.ttf
>
> Before modify the code with the changes proposed by Brent, "times" was
> substituted for "Sans", but "timesi" remained "Times Italic" (in the
> PDF file).
>
> Saludos
> José María
>
>> José María Michia wrote:
>>>
>>> 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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>>>>>
>>>
>>
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