FONTSET¶
- Author:
Kari Guerts
- Author:
Jeff McKenna
- Contact:
jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
- Last Updated:
2020-10-22
FONTSET is a MAP parameter. The syntax is:
FONTSET [filename]
Where filename gives the location of the fontset file of the system. The location of the system fontset file could for instance be /usr/share/fonts/truetype/font.list (Debian) or C:/ms4w/apps/etc/fonts.txt (MS4W). The location can be specified using a relative or absolute path. Here is an example using relative paths (relative to the mapfile):
FONTSET "../etc/fonts.txt"
Format of the fontset file¶
The format of the fontset file is very simple. Each line contains 2 items: An alias and the name/path of the font separated by white space. The alias is simply the name you refer to the font as in your Mapfile (eg. times-bold). The name is the actual name of the TrueType file. If not full path then it is interpreted as relative to the location of the fontset. Here’s the fontset I use (the font.list file and all .ttf files are stored in the same sub-directory).
Shënim
Aliases are case sensitive. Excellent reference information about the TrueType format and online font resources is available from the FreeType.
arial arial.ttf
arial-bold arialbd.ttf
arial-italic ariali.ttf
arial-bold-italic arialbi.ttf
arial_black ariblk.ttf
comic_sans comic.ttf
comic_sans-bold comicbd.ttf
courier cour.ttf
courier-bold courbd.ttf
courier-italic couri.ttf
courier-bold-italic courbi.ttf
georgia georgia.ttf
georgia-bold georgiab.ttf
georgia-italic georgiai.ttf
georgia-bold-italic georgiaz.ttf
impact impact.ttf
monotype.com monotype.ttf
recreation_symbols recreate.ttf
times times.ttf
times-bold timesbd.ttf
times-italic timesi.ttf
times-bold-italic timesbi.ttf
trebuchet_ms trebuc.ttf
trebuchet_ms-bold trebucbd.ttf
trebuchet_ms-italic trebucit.ttf
trebuchet_ms-bold-italic trebucbi.ttf
verdana verdana.ttf
verdana-bold verdanab.ttf
verdana-italic verdanai.ttf
verdana-bold-italic verdanaz.ttf