Hi Bjørn,

Try adding :

<Parameter name="encoding">utf8</Parameter>
 or
<Parameter name="encoding">latin1</Parameter>

depending on your data.

Regards,
Artem


2010/1/15 Bjørn Sandvik <[email protected]>:
> Hi,
> I'm using TextSymbolizer to render country names in various languages from a
> point shapefile. The country names are displayed properly in QGIS, but I'm
> not able to display special characters like æ,ø,å with Mapnik.
> -------------
> tilecache.cfg
> [country_labels]
> type=Mapnik
> mapfile=C:\EarthAtlas\maps\merc_country_labels.xml
> spherical_mercator=true
> metaTile=true
> metaBuffer=50
> metaSize=2,2
> -------------
> merc_country_labels.xml
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <!DOCTYPE Map>
> <Map srs="+proj=merc +a=6378137 +b=6378137 +lat_ts=0.0 +lon_0=0.0 +x_0=0.0
> +y_0=0 +k=1.0 +units=m +nadgri...@null">
>   <Style name="Countries 50m Style">
>     <Rule>
>       <TextSymbolizer name="nor" face_name="DejaVu Sans Book" size="11"
> fill="black" halo_fill="white" halo_radius="1" dy="0" dx="0"
> vertical_alignment="middle" allow_overlap="false"/>
>     </Rule>
>   </Style>
>   <Layer name="Countries 50m" srs="+proj=latlong +datum=WGS84">
>     <StyleName>Countries 50m Style</StyleName>
>     <Datasource>
>       <Parameter name="type">shape</Parameter>
>       <Parameter
> name="file">originals/countries_point_lonlat_sorted/countries_point_lonlat_sorted</Parameter>
>     </Datasource>
>   </Layer>
> </Map>
> -------------
> Have you been able to display special characters from shapefiles with
> Mapnik?
> Cheers,
> Bjørn
> http://blog.thematicmapping.org
>
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