Hi Bjørn, Try adding :
<Parameter name="encoding">utf8</Parameter> or <Parameter name="encoding">latin1</Parameter> depending on your data. Regards, Artem 2010/1/15 Bjørn Sandvik <[email protected]>: > Hi, > I'm using TextSymbolizer to render country names in various languages from a > point shapefile. The country names are displayed properly in QGIS, but I'm > not able to display special characters like æ,ø,å with Mapnik. > ------------- > tilecache.cfg > [country_labels] > type=Mapnik > mapfile=C:\EarthAtlas\maps\merc_country_labels.xml > spherical_mercator=true > metaTile=true > metaBuffer=50 > metaSize=2,2 > ------------- > merc_country_labels.xml > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <!DOCTYPE Map> > <Map srs="+proj=merc +a=6378137 +b=6378137 +lat_ts=0.0 +lon_0=0.0 +x_0=0.0 > +y_0=0 +k=1.0 +units=m +nadgri...@null"> > <Style name="Countries 50m Style"> > <Rule> > <TextSymbolizer name="nor" face_name="DejaVu Sans Book" size="11" > fill="black" halo_fill="white" halo_radius="1" dy="0" dx="0" > vertical_alignment="middle" allow_overlap="false"/> > </Rule> > </Style> > <Layer name="Countries 50m" srs="+proj=latlong +datum=WGS84"> > <StyleName>Countries 50m Style</StyleName> > <Datasource> > <Parameter name="type">shape</Parameter> > <Parameter > name="file">originals/countries_point_lonlat_sorted/countries_point_lonlat_sorted</Parameter> > </Datasource> > </Layer> > </Map> > ------------- > Have you been able to display special characters from shapefiles with > Mapnik? > Cheers, > Bjørn > http://blog.thematicmapping.org > > _______________________________________________ > Mapnik-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/mapnik-users > > _______________________________________________ Mapnik-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/mapnik-users
