Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Using truetype fonts (Linux)

[Armin Burger]

Stephen,

you're missing the semicolon. Try to use

  CHARACTER "/"

Normally it should also work to specify

  CHARACTER "/"

Armin


Stephen Davies wrote:

OOPS! I spoke too soon.

The error messages went away but I hadn't checked the results properly.

The symbol definition that I am building looks like this:

SYMBOL
        NAME "fence"
        TYPE TRUETYPE
        FONT "arial"
        CHARACTER "&#47"
        ANTIALIAS TRUE
        GAP 15
END

What I see when I try to draw a "fence" is not the "/" character but the string "&#47".

The character number used is irrelevant; whatever number I put in the symbol file is displayed as a string rather than as a character.

Stephen