--- RAVI KUMAR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: Ravi,
> Request: > If the symbols are used like fonts with a > reference number, then they can be > read from table into a shape file avoiding > multiple layers OJ still need developping time to find a complete solution since it requires a core modification of the softeware. As far as I know similar software (Kosmo and GvSIG) srtill didn't find a solution for similar reason. Anyhow both methods on page http://openjump.org/wiki/show/Using+Your+Own+(Geologic)+Symbology are quite useful for most common needs, so: *) if you need to show only a type of symbols with no attribute value on you map, use vertex symbols (http://openjump.org/wiki/show/Using+Your+Own+(Geologic)+Symbology - Part 1) *) If you need to have different symbols according to attribute value, use my method (http://openjump.org/wiki/show/Using+Your+Own+(Geologic)+Symbology - part 2) which doesn't require vertex symbols plugin ************************************** > ESRI Symbols: > OpenJUMP is having ESRI Fonts, but HOW DO WE USE > IN OpnJUMP with referrence to vertex plugin ?? B)No way to use fonts with vertex symbols, anyhow if the question is "How to have a reference table from your favorite font symbols (ex ESRI geology.TFF)" see the method below: For Windows User (chech alternative way for Linux) 1) download any version of Fontcreator of High Logic. It is not freeware nor Opensource but it gives 30 times working which is enough to print all the reference table 2) Install it 3) start Fontcreator. On "File" menu go to "installed font..." or "Font file.." (the latter if font is not installed) 4) on the new window "Open Installed font" choose the font you want to open (ex "ESRI geology") 5) A new table of font is displayed. This window is a reference table of the ESRI font. You will see for each symbol the referred font 6) click on the keyboard the "STAMP" cursor to copy the screen image. Open a raster software (the GIMP or Photoshop) and click CTRL+V to paste the image to a new document. 7) print it. You have the reference table of your selected font. NOTES: You will see in the reference table that some symbols are easy to understand (ex "R" represent an arrow pointing downwards), Others are difficult to use since they represent cursors of different keyboard (ex. "yen" which would represent an open quarry (in Italian geology) isn't present in my Italian Keyboard). So, dipending the type of keyboard you have, you can use only some of them (probabily a good 90% which is quite enough) That's way I create a new geological symbols font with a reference table that may be used only letteres ol latin alphabet and numbers which are presents in all the keyboards. See http://openjump.org/wiki/show/Using+Your+Own+(Geologic)+Symbology for details. I want to extend my geological font but I need 1) to know which are the most common symbols that geologists in the World use 2) to redraw fonts to avoid copyright probles 2) to map all the fonts to keyboards cursors which maybe international and not connected to national or different alphabet. And it takes some time. Cheers Peppe PS- You may find an Opensource font software to customize your fonts. You can see on this page: http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/ ___________________________________ L'email della prossima generazione? Puoi averla con la nuova Yahoo! Mail: http://it.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html _______________________________________________ jump-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/jump-users
