[mapserver-users] Re: Linetype with spikes around a polygon

[Bob Basques]

All,

I would approach this with a symbol, you can use the font characters 
inside of a symbol too.  The offsetting is easier in the symbol 
definition, but you will still need to be reliant on the direction that 
the line was drawn int for the right-left justification aspects.


bobb



On 2/19/2010 7:26 AM, windfreak wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have the same wish but I gave up to get it done in your way. Therefore I
> used a font (wingding3) and wanted to use that along the line. I thought it
> would work, but now I see the font always is aligned to the middle of the
> line. Even when the font symbol itself isn't centered, like the '^'
> character for instance. Does anybody know of a workaround?
>
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