I have had good results editing True Type symbol fonts with CorelDraw
10. The trick for me was to start by editing an existing symbol font, you
can replace every character in the font, and there are freeware symbol fonts
you can use as a starting point.----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 12:00 PM Subject: MI-L Using TrueType Fonts as MapInfo Symbols? > Hello - > > Anyone with experience setting up TrueType Fonts for use as MapInfo Symbols > please share. I have contacted MapInfo Tech Support who indicate the Font > Type Property must be set as "Symbol II" for MapInfo to recognize it as a > Symbol. Previous posts to this questions have suggested "Fontographer" as > software to use, however at $350.00 this seems a bit of an overkill for > simple setting of a Font property. I have tried the Shareware font editor > "Softy" out of the UK (http://home.iclweb.com/icl1/d.w.emmett/). This > program allows for the setting of the Font Attribute "Character Set" as > Symbol, however MapInfo will still not recognize the font. > > Is Fontographer the only solution for preparing TrueType Fonts for use as > MapInfo Symbols or has anyone found an alternate solution? > > Thanks in advance. > > Tony Cooley > Data Directions > Eugene, OR > (541) 345-4MAP > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > URL: http://members.aol.com/MapData/ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
