Hello Johan,
I have created bug #4308
https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/issues/4308
and put a link to your tar file on my server.
Thank you for taking the time to create a simple test case, I'm sure
this will accelerate getting it resolved.
-Steve W
On 5/7/2012 4:06 PM, Johan Forsman wrote:
Hello Steve and thanks.
I adapted your example and packaged a small test case following your
instructions. It's attached. I ran it with MS54 under FGS95 on Linux
and also with MS60 under the "main" environment on the same server,
as well as with MS60 under MS4W3 on Windows Server 3008. I see the
same rendering differences as in my general case originally reported.
I hope the attachment provides the data you need.
Thanks again, Johan.
-----Original Message----- From:
mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Stephen
Woodbridge Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 10:57 AM To:
mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [mapserver-users]
Truetype font rendering changes?
Johan,
You need to provide a simple test case if you want a developer to
help diagnose this problem.
I would suggest creating a simple mapfile that draws a single label
like the following. Adjust it to your needs
MAP SIZE 100 100 EXTENT 100 100 UNITS inches FONTSET "fontset.txt"
IMAGETYPE ...
OUTPUTFORMAT ... END
LAYER TYPE POINT STATUS DEFAULT FEATURE POINTS 50 50 END END CLASS
STYLE SYMBOL 0 COLOR 0 0 0 END TEXT "123" LABEL TYPE TRUETYPE FONT
"arial-narrow" SIZE 7 COLOR 0 0 0 END END END END
Test this on both servers. Also make sure you are using the same font
file, ie copy it to your test example directory and create a new
fontset.txt that only have this single font referenced in it. If you
still get different results, then tar/zip up the test example and
email it to Steve L or me and I will make it available as a link if
you can post a link to it.
-Steve W
On 5/7/2012 11:31 AM, Johan Forsman wrote:
No. Unfortunately none of the sites are accessible from the
outside. The best I can do are screenshots.
I attached two examples from the same Linux server. One is from the
FGS95 (MS54) environment and the other (MS60) is under the "main"
system environment. Both samples are of Arial Narrow 7 point, and
the image is rendered using the following output format:
OUTPUTFORMAT NAME 'agg_q' DRIVER AGG/PNG IMAGEMODE RGB FORMATOPTION
"QUANTIZE_FORCE=ON" FORMATOPTION "QUANTIZE_DITHER=OFF" FORMATOPTION
"QUANTIZE_COLORS=256" END
I freely confess to not knowing much about the various output
formats. This one I picked from the list some time long ago. I
tried other formats also, both 8- and 24-bit and both the AGG and
Cairo drivers, but I have not noticed any clear differences.
Thanks for any suggestions and I'll be glad to collect additional
information if needed.
Johan.
-----Original Message----- From: Lime, Steve D (DNR)
[mailto:steve.l...@state.mn.us] Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 9:43 AM
To: Johan Forsman; Donald Kerr; mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: RE: [mapserver-users] Truetype font rendering changes?
Is that test case available someplace?
-----Original Message----- From:
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[mailto:mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of
Johan Forsman Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 8:32 AM To: Donald Kerr;
mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org Subject: RE: [mapserver-users]
Truetype font rendering changes?
Thank you for the suggestion however I regret to report that there
is no discernible difference in the appearance of the text when
using cairopng in the Windows environment. I have also created a
test case using MS6 on the same Linux server (but outside the FGS95
environment) as my MS5.4 and the text is rendered exactly the same
as on the Windows platform, with the same reduced legibility.
Thanks, Johan.
-----Original Message----- From: Donald Kerr
[mailto:donald.k...@dkerr.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 12:39
PM To: Johan Forsman; mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org Subject: RE:
[mapserver-users] Truetype font rendering changes?
Johan,
Have you tried "cairopng" as an alternative to AGG?
Regards,
Donald
-----Original Message----- From:
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[mailto:mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of
Johan Forsman Sent: 03 May 2012 16:07 To:
mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org Subject: [mapserver-users] Truetype
font rendering changes?
Hello All:
I am in the process of migrating from MapServer 5.4 (FGS95 on
Linux) to MapServer 6 (MS4W3 on Windows Server 2008 R2). Most
things are migrating well however I have a peculiar TrueType font
rendering issue where the readability on the new system is far less
than on the old system. I have attached two screenshots taken at
the same scale to illustrate the issue. In these images the parish
labels are Arial Bold Italic 6 pt., the interstate shields are
Arial 8 pt., and US highway shields are Arial Narrow 7 pt. The TTF
files and the MAP files were copied directly from the old system to
the new system. I have tried with antialias on and off in the label
definition and with a couple of different AGG image output formats
but there are no visible differences.
I would really appreciate any suggestions or pointers where to
investigate.
Thanks! Johan Forsman Geologist Engineering Services LDHH-OPH-CEHS
225.342.7309
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