The problem is that the arial /Library/Fonts/ArialHB.ttf font you are
using is not the same encoding as the shapefile data.
-Steve
Webb Sprague wrote:
I am attaching the file, but this didn't fix the problem. You can see
the empty boxes.
Thx, though ;)
-W
On 10/15/07, Stephen Woodbridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Is this a transparent overlay layer? is IMAGECOLOR 0 0 0? if so then
that color is transparent and you leters are also transparent. If that
is the case change your label COLOR 1 1 1 and it should fix the problem.
-Steve
Webb Sprague wrote:
Hi again
I am trying to get labels based on a the "name" field in a postgis
table (of GNIS placenames). Everything works great (the overlay, the
triangle symbol, etc), but in the image, I get empty boxes where the
letters should be (though I get a one-to-one box to letter). If
anyone can help, I would sure appreciate it. (I am running a generic
mapserver from installed by fink.)
Here is the view definition in sql:
SELECT placenames.gid AS oid, placenames.name, placenames.desig,
placenames.elev, placenames.the_geom
FROM placenames
WHERE placenames.desig::text = 'airport'::text
ORDER BY placenames.gid;
Here is the my font file (yes, the files do exist):
MAPSCRIPT[2]$ cat fonts.list
arial /Library/Fonts/ArialHB.ttf
arial2 /Library/Fonts/Arial
MAPSCRIPT[2]$
Here is the layer in my mapfile:
LAYER
NAME "airports"
CONNECTIONTYPE postgis
CONNECTION "user=wsprague dbname=or_gis host=localhost"
DATA "the_geom from airports_view"
STATUS DEFAULT
TYPE POINT
LABELITEM "name"
LABELCACHE ON
CLASS
NAME "LocationSymbol"
SYMBOL "triangle"
COLOR 100 100 82
LABEL
# OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 255
# MINDISTANCE 200 # Label only at close range
COLOR 0 0 0
TYPE TRUETYPE
SIZE 12
FONT "arial"
POSITION cc
ANGLE AUTO
PARTIALS FALSE
END #end label
END
END
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