Hi Michel, There are two flags on a TTF font: "symbol" and "unicode".
The first is necessary for any app, including MapInfo, to recognize the font as a symbol font (as compared to text fonts). It's a somewhat peculiar distinction, which I think must have been made for some historical reason. The second flag is of no importantance in this respect (but in others). So you need to tag your font as a "symbol font". And the list is by no means closed, since Wingdigs and Webdings etc. are also present. Best regards/Med venlig hilsen Lars V. Nielsen GisPro, Denmark http://www.gispro.dk/ http://www.gispro.biz/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michel Wurtz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "MapInfo-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 11:45 AM Subject: MI-L Custom symbol in a ttf font file > Hello MapInfo specialists, > > I plan to add some custom symbols in MI 7.5. > > The way suggested by MapInfo is the use of BMP images > in custsymb directory. > > Since my symbols are in a TTF font file, I prefer to simply add > this font file to the list of searched fonts in MapInfo style > symbol menu. But this list seems to be a closed one : there is > no apparent list of symbol file in the MapInfo install directory. > But some Windows fonts are included (like Marlet, Symbols and some > others...), so it must be possible to add more fonts in the list. > > Is there a "special mark" on those fonts, or does MapInfo have a > list of "authorised" fonts somewhere ? (or is the font list > hard-coded ?) > > -- > Michel Wurtz > MAAPAR/DGA/SDSI/CERIT/DIG > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message number: 9123 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 9126
