[postgis-devel] postgis_letters in project tree?

[Bruce Rindahl]

Looks good.  Let me play with my python script to see if I can generate the
function directly with a different font file.

On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 1:38 PM Paul Ramsey <pramsey at cleverelephant.ca>
wrote:

> Here's the two functions. I think putting these into the default postgis
> extension makes sense, they are small and then we have letter magic
> available for doco etc wherever we want.
>
> https://gist.github.com/pramsey/2020ef463a8880edc7e23c56420d7df8
>
> P
>
> > On Jan 27, 2022, at 10:32 AM, Paul Ramsey <pramsey at cleverelephant.ca>
> wrote:
> >
> > Using base64 encoded twkb, i can get the letters set down to a 22K
> function. So, I think maybe this just goes into the main postgis extension.
> (Assuming you're OK with my minimalist anglo no-special-font handling
> approach.)
> >
> >> On Jan 27, 2022, at 9:29 AM, Martin Davis <mtnclimb at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 9:03 AM Paul Ramsey <pramsey at cleverelephant.ca>
> wrote:
> >> I'm thinking of converting the letter/font table into a function with a
> fixed collection of letters, so that an install involves just two functions
> ST_GeomFromLetter(letter) and ST_GeomFromWord(text). ST_GeomFromLetter can
> be expanded over time to include additional letters for other language
> charsets. That matches the capabilities of the system to the needs.
> >>
> >> That sounds like the simplest approach.  Nice to avoid needing a
> table.
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