I've downloaded and installed a few of these fonts and all are available
with MS Word but none with MapInfo. This indicates that they are not symbol
fonts.
Is there a way to convert them to symbol fonts so that they can be used with
MapInfo?
Thanks,
Christopher Prescott
Geospatial International Pty. Ltd.
14 Wheaton Road
Evandale
SA 5069
Phone: 08 8362 3278
Mobile:0417 856 109
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-----Original Message-----
From: Jacques Gelinas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 9:00 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE:MI Looking for Animal Fonts or Font tools in general
Lindsay,
There is two tool that we use to create/combine true type fonts.
1. Fontographer by Macromedia
2. CorelDraw V9
Note that the font that you create must be of type "symbol" otherwise
MapInfo ignores them. This is why you don't see all your loaded fonts when
you open the symbol tool(s).
Also in order to get the desired inserting point, size ect... there are
numerous design rules one must follow.
As for animal font you might find what you need at this site
http://www.mapsymbols.com/ <http://www.mapsymbols.com/>
Hope this helps a bit
Regards,
Jacques Gelinas
G�osph�re
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http://www3.sympatico.ca/geosphere <http://www3.sympatico.ca/geosphere>
265 Chemin Freeman
Hull (Qu�bec)
J8Z 2B1
819-773-4239
Hi listers -
I am looking for TrueType or equivalent Windows font files with animal
symbols in them - things like bison (buffalo), wolverines, marten and
grizzly bears - not the standard horses ducks chickens thing. I have a
couple of fonts from Microsoft - Animals1 and Animals2 but they don't cover
all the species I need. I also need birds and fish... My request:
1: Anyone know where I can find these font files with relatively obscure
species in them?
Or
2: Anyone know of font tools I can use to create these files myself (either
free/shareware or $$ware)?
I could use the symbol editor (and have extensively in the past) but at the
cost of flexibility - you can only use the results in MI while the TTF
version can be used in MI and elsewhere.
Thanks all,
Lindsay Giles
Senior GIS Analyst
AXYS Environmental Consulting Ltd
Suite 600-555 4th Ave. SW
Calgary, AB
T2P 3E7
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