Hi All, On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 2:15 AM, Frederik Ramm <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On 08/08/11 15:47, Oliver Tonnhofer wrote: > >> I'm wondering if there are any options to get vector output from >> Mapnik with editable text labels. I looked at the SVG, EPS and PDF >> output but Mapnik/Cairo renders each character separately, making the >> text uneditable with Inkscape or Illustrator. >> > > > In fact, Dane recently told me that (quote) > > >>>> > Yes, a native svg_renderer was started and is in mapnik2, just disabled by > default and I think requires something like >= boost 1.43 or 1.44 to compile > properly. > > For text - Cairo's SVG output lacks the ability to produce <text> output in tags, and you see each glyph being defined as a path. Looks like someone has relatively recently produced a patch for Cairo to support this, which would be handy to try http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/cairo/2011-February/021777.html But the wider issue is that Cairo's development can be pretty slow, and ideally we'd like to have other useful stuff in our vector output: - grouping elements into layers that reflect the rendered styles, so post-render editing (inkscape/illustrator/etc) becomes much easier. - re-using vector/raster symbols much more efficiently than cairo does This was the trigger for the GSoC project last year. Rob :)
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