[mapserver-users] Rendering of Static Text is different using gd or AGG ?

[Stephen Woodbridge]

Jeff,

This is a good work around, but I think we need to ask the questions:

   What is the expected behavior?
   Is this a bug, should it be a bug?
   Should this behavior be documented?
   Should this be bugged for 5.2 freeze?

Clearly some code is translating the © for the GD renderer.

Adding cc: mapserver-dev, let me know If you want to to generate a bug 
based on this and assign it to 5.2

-Steve W

Jeff McKenna wrote:
> What about using your operating system's character set?  For example on 
> windows pressing ALT-0169 gives the copyright sign, and on MAC pressing 
> OPTION-G.  So your mapfile snippet is:    TEXT "©"
> 
> -jeff
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 6-May-08, at 9:32 AM, Schönhammer, Herbert wrote:
> 
>> Hi list,
>>
>> Using* gd* the declaration "©"renders the "copyright"-Sign:
>>
>> LAYER
>>   NAME "copyright"
>>   REQUIRES ..
>>   ...
>>
>>   FEATURE
>>      POINTS
>>       3 10
>>      END
>>    END
>>    
>>  ...
>>
>>   CLASS
>> *     TEXT "© xxx" *
>>     LABEL
>>       TYPE TRUETYPE
>>       FONT 'arial'
>>       SIZE 9
>>       POSITION cr
>>       COLOR 0 0 0
>>       OUTLINECOLOR  255 255 254
>>     END
>>   END
>>  
>> END # LAYER
>>
>>
>>
>> But using agg, the text ""© xxx" is rendered in the map.
>>
>> Please lokk at the examples !
>>
>> Does anybody know,
>> how to render the html-code like done in gd ?
>>
>> Does anybody know another way to render signs like "copyright"  with gd ?
>>
>> Thanks very much
>>
>> greetings
>> Herbert
>>
>> <<gd-rendering.gif>> <<agg-rendering.gif>>
>>
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