[mapserver-users] Label Follows streets alignment issue

[Bob Basques]

Fourth on the left zoomed in.  I'm not seeing an over rotation here (in 
the clockwise direction).  Some notes though, the last "t" character 
looks a little shorter than the first "t".  This makes it look like it's 
a bit over rotated.  Maybe trying the test with a same Character all the 
way along the line.  The three Letters in the word "label" are all 
taller than the whole last word, which I think is also contributing to 
the over-rotational perception.



Stephen Woodbridge wrote:
> thomas bonfort wrote:
>> Steve,
>> I haven't noticed anything special, nor do I really understand what
>> problem you mention.
>> attached is a test image I used to check. do you see anything wrong 
>> in it?
>> could you make a minimal test case to reproduce, or attach an image
>> showing the problem?
>
> Thomas,
>
> Thank you. Your test image actually shows the issue I was mentioning. 
> Look at the left column, 4th and 7th image down. It looks like the gap 
> between the bottom of the text at the start of the label is farther 
> from the dark edge of the line than it is at the end of the label. 
> This would indicate the label is rotated fractionally too much in the 
> clockwise direction.
>
> Some possibilities are:
>
> 1) it is rotated slightly off, rounding issue? other?
> 2) the jitter in the individual character placement is causing this
> 3) it is an optical illusion
> 4) it has something to do with the font being used
> 5) something else totally
>
> If I look at Google maps, I do not notice this effect and I have had a 
> few separate clients notice this and ask about it, hence my inquiry.
>
> Thank you for taking your time to looks into this.
>
> Best regards,
>   -Steve W
>
>> cheers,
>> thomas
>>
>> -- 
>> Thomas Bonfort
>>
>> Camptocamp France SAS
>> Tel : +33 (0)4 79 26 57 97
>> thomas dot bonfort at camptocamp dot com
>> http://www.camptocamp.com
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 5:57 AM, Stephen Woodbridge
>> <woodbri at swoodbridge.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Thomas,
>>>
>>>  I have noticed that labels in a google style symbology that follow a
>>>  straight line segment at approximately 45 degrees upper left to lower
>>>  right and slightly off being aligned with the street.
>>>
>>>  It is just enough to be annoying once you notice it.
>>>
>>>  Have you noticed this?
>>>  Can this be fixed?
>>>
>>>  Thanks in advance,
>>>    -Steve W
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