Hi! Mr Jacques Paris posted this message regarding a question on True type font in MapInfo (05/09/2000): ** >If a true type font is installed in Windows, it should be available as a >text font, but not necessarily as a Symbol. I do not know what to do for MI >to accept it as a symbol. >But you can still use it by creating a text object of one character, typing >the character code you need and selecting the text style of the "symbol" >font. >Such solution has many advanyages over the "accepted" symbols. It is not >contrained in size at 48 pts. It can be angled. It remains proportionnate to >the scale of the mapper. The drawbacks I know of are that the objects are >not centered on a given position (position of text objects is by their >anchor point = top left corner of MBR) and rotation is around that >"excentric" point. Besides their size not being constrained, one must always >check when creating objects that their point size is under control. >I have used those features in an application (GRADARRO.mbx on our site) that >positions, sizes and orientates arrows on point locations according to 2 >variables similar to slope direction and intensity. I would not have been >able to do so with "symbols". A ttf name FLECHE01 containing different >straight arrow types is also available for download. >But I would still wish to learn how to make MI recognize a TTF as a symbol >font. >Jacques Paris ** Here as we proceed for making MI recognize a TTF as a symbol: -We use "Fontographer" software from Macromedia -Open the TTF file in this Sofware -Select the advanced option and... -Select "Use Symbol encoding (PC only)" option -Save the New TTF File and you can now use it as a symbol!! Hope this help! Regards, ___________________________________ || // François Bergeron || // Conseiller en Géomatique || // [EMAIL PROTECTED] || \\ || \\ Le Groupe KOREM Inc. || \\ http://www.korem.com Formation MapInfo: http://www.korem.com/formation.html MIG!! www.mig.ca 680, Boul. Charest Est Québec (Québec) CANADA G1K 3J4 ___________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
