Hi, Using multiple characters in trutype symbols was a grey area in pre-6.0/5.6 versions of mapserver: it worked for some drivers (Gd) but wasn't documented nor was it even really intended. I do not know of a setting that would allow you to fill a polygon with text, aside from creating a pixmap symbol where you've pre-rendered your text.
regards, thomas On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 5:59 AM, Kathleen Hirst <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear List, > > In MapServer 5.4.2, I had defined a symbol as follows: > > SYMBOL > NAME "IDR68" > TYPE TRUETYPE > FONT "arial" > CHARACTER "No data" > GAP 2 > END > > and used it as a polygon fill for a layer > > CLASS > STYLE > SYMBOL "IDR68" > COLOR 0 0 0 > OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0 > SIZE 12 > END > END > > In migrating to MapServer 6.0.3, I have done the following: > > SYMBOL > NAME "IDR68" > TYPE TRUETYPE > FONT "arial" > CHARACTER "No data" > END > and in the layer > > CLASS > STYLE > SYMBOL "IDR68" > COLOR 0 0 0 > SIZE 12 > GAP 2 > END > STYLE > OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0 > END > END > > Instead of filling the polygon with "No data", I only get a fill with the > first character ie "N". > Is there a way to fill a polygon with text in MapServer 6.0?? > > Thanks > > Kathleen > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users > _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
