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# FONTSET

Author

  Kari Guerts

Author

  Jeff McKenna

Contact

  jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com

Last Updated

  2008/10/08

Contents

- FONTSET

  - Format of the fontset file

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). The location can be specified using a relative or absolute path.

## 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).

Note

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