[mapserver-users] Truetype font rendering changes?

[Donald Kerr]

Johan,

Have you tried "cairopng" as an alternative to AGG?

Regards,

Donald


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[mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Johan Forsman
Sent: 03 May 2012 16:07
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Subject: [mapserver-users] Truetype font rendering changes?


Hello All:

I am in the process of migrating from MapServer 5.4 (FGS95 on Linux) to
MapServer 6 (MS4W3 on Windows Server 2008 R2). Most things are migrating
well however I have a peculiar TrueType font rendering issue where the
readability on the new system is far less than on the old system. I have
attached two screenshots taken at the same scale to illustrate the issue. In
these images the parish labels are Arial Bold Italic 6 pt., the interstate
shields are Arial 8 pt., and US highway shields are Arial Narrow 7 pt. The
TTF files and the MAP files were copied directly from the old system to the
new system. I have tried with antialias on and off in the label definition
and with a couple of different AGG image output formats but there are no
visible differences.

I would really appreciate any suggestions or pointers where to investigate.

Thanks!
Johan Forsman
Geologist
Engineering Services
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225.342.7309