Hi Dawn,
As for the difference in menus, it's probably because we're using two
different versions.
I'm running the FontCreator version 3.0 beta 1 (build3.0.0.83 beta 1).
But it's apparently the same setting, so you should be ok.
As for the "Mer's Animals", you're correct. To verify the functionality, I
just made
a copy of an ordinary text font, and designated that as a symbol font. That
worked.
But I now downloaded the font in question, and tried to modify it,
unsuccessfully.
I noticed that there are very few settings actually set in the "Mer's
Animals" font,
so maybe MapInfo has other demands apart from the font just being symbolic
?
Maybe someone from MapInfo Corp. should answer that question !
There's a work-around, however. All TrueType fonts are accessible for text
insertion.
So to insert e.g. a moose from "Mer's Animals", you insert a text string of
"5" with that font,.
It's not a perfect substitution, because there's a side-effect : they're
fixed in size.
But that may actually be preferred in some cases.
Regards
Lars Nielsen
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"Hendrick, Dawn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 04-08-2000 04:32:54
To: Lars Nielsen/Kampsax External
cc:
Subject: RE: MI Looking for Animal Fonts or Font tools in general
Hi Lars
I have been following this thread with interest - so I tried doing what
you suggested and downloaded FontCreator Jan 2000 version.
I downloaded Meranimals.TTF from the site suggested by Jacques, selected
all -
Then I couldn't find the option:
"Format/Settings/Classification/Family Kind" to Pictorial
string you talked about only "General/Metrics/Classification/Family
Kind"
I saved the file to a new name and installed it with my other TTF font
files,
however the result is not a Symbol Library in MapInfo (which is what I
want)
It is a library under the Text options which means you have to use the
lettering tool.
I am sure you were describing a process that would make the TTF file
into a symbol library?
I must be missing something so obvious.........
Dawn Hendrick
GIS Analyst
Logan City Council
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> Hi Christopher,
>
> As it's basically just a flag in the font setup that determines
> whether or
> not it's a symbol font,
> most font handling programs, even shareware and freeware ones, will
> allow
> you to change
> a regular text font to a symbol font.
>
> I've donwloaded the FontCreator from www.high-logic.com. Registration
> only
> comes to
> $30/50, so it's cheap. And I just verified that what you want can be
> done
> even in an
> unregistrered version. Just set "Format/Settings/Classification/Family
> Kind" to
> Pictorial, and it pops up in MapInfo Pro.
>
> Regards
> Lars Nielsen
>
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> "Prescott, Christopher (DEH)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 03-08-2000
> 02:06:43
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> 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.
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> 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
>
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> 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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