[mapserver-users] Strange symbols with WMS in ArcGIS

[Steve Lime]

Very weird and I'm not sure it's even possible. That would mean ArcGIS is somehow
affecting the *rendering* performed by MapServer. I'd start with capturing the
exact WMS requests being created by ArcGIS...

Steve

>>> On 1/14/2009 at 4:05 PM, in message
<4EFF8BB964547748A07CA32961810C0412C48270 at SOM-TEAQASMAIL1.som.w2k.state.me.us>,
"Bistrais, Bob" <Bob.Bistrais at maine.gov> wrote:
> This is probably more of an ArcGIS question than MapServer, but perhaps
> somebody here has an idea.  I am building a WMS-enabled service with
> MapServer and have been testing it out.  I am using a True Type Font for
> the highway route shields, the .ttf file is located in the Windows/Fonts
> directory on the server.  
> 
> As expected, the service looks fine when consumed by MapServer and
> Ka-Map.  It also looks fine when using the open source QuantumGIS
> (QGIS).  But when the WMS service is consumed by ArcGIS, the Interstate
> Highway shields look like ampersands (the "&" symbol).  I have not been
> able to determine why the symbols look correct by some consumers, but
> not ArcGIS.  Does anyone have any suggestions?