[Qgis-developer] New labeling with print composer

[Martin Dobias]

On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Tony Stewart <comp at mesajs.com> wrote:
> Question re the new labelling engine. It works well on the map canvas, but
> rendering in print composer has a number of problems:
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> 1.       Label placement is too low. For example, with line layers, if
> ‘above line’ is selected, the label appears almost over the line, and if
> ‘below line’ is selected, the label appears well below the line. With  point
> layers where ‘around point’ is selected, then if the label is displayed
> below the point it is so far below that it can appear to be associated with
> another point when points are tightly clustered.
>
> 2.       Spacing between characters in labels is all over the place.
> Characters can run into each other, other have unreasonably large
> separations.

Hi Tony

labeling plugin will need some tweaks to work properly in map
composer. Please file a bug for these issues, ideally with few
pictures illustrating the problems.

Regards
Martin