The standard solution to this problem is to use your symbol font as a text font. You have control over size, color and rotation.
Okay now for an interesting question. Is there a way to replace points with text and not lose the data?
Joe
At 12:26 PM 12/16/2002 -0500, you wrote:
Hi Thanks to one and all who responded to my request for guidance on creating symbols in MapInfo.I used the Font Maker Eval. version to create few symbols and store them as ttf type fonts for use inside MapInfo. Now I am facing the next devil... I opened the tab file that has the point objects for which I wanted to define the new symbols that I had created. I selected the layer for editing in MI Pro and then used my Symbol Style tool to browse to the new ttf font I had created [I liked so much seeing it as the font file was named as SRG:-)] and then set the size to a comfortable value. But when I zoom out the symbol starts growing in size and my TAB file has point objects so close to one another that the map becomes cluttered with my new symbol. On the other hand if I reduce the symbol size and zoom in, the symbol size is so small that it is hardly visible - Two extremities!!! Can I do something about this, so that the symbols are displayed scale independent (I mean the size remains the same, irrespective of the zoom level). Thanks in advance. Regards SRG -------------------------------------------------------------- Raghavendran.S IMMCO, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] GIS Analyst Alpharetta, GA phone: 678) 762-9707 X102 www.immcoinc.com fax: (678) 762-9945 -------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 4561
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