[mapserver-users] Farsi right-to-left labels

[Daniel Morissette]

Copying what I wrote earlier this morning on the ka-map list (sorry for 
those on both lists):

FYI there is an open MapServer ticket about this:
   http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/956

The ticket even includes a patch that you may want to try. I'll try to 
address this one for MapServer 5.2.

Daniel


R Isfahani wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to render some Farsi (Persian) labels on my map. As you may 
> know, Farsi words are written from right to left, just like Hebrew.
> I've changed the label's encoding to 'Windows-1256' in my mapfile and 
> I'm using TrueType fonts. Farsi letters have appeared. But the problem 
> is that letters are in revers order and letters are not joining properly.
> Of course reversing the letters' order in database will cause the right 
> order of them when rendering the map. But I wanna know if there's any 
> other way to show farsi labels in right order with no joining problems.
>  
> [Actually, I'm using Ka-Map on the top of Mapserver to render my maps on 
> the web. Ka-Mappers told me that my problem is a kind of Mapserver problems]
> 
> Any new ideas are welcomed.
> Thanx.
>