[Geoserver-users] Style (.sld) syntax

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I change the fonts all the time. Here's an example part of an SLD. You
can also point the font-family directly to a .ttf file.

Here's the actual specifying the font (you can use "Ariel" if you want
ariel instead of Time New Roman):
<Font>
  <CssParameter name="font-family">Times New Roman</CssParameter>
  <CssParameter name="font-style">Normal</CssParameter>
  <CssParameter name="font-size">14</CssParameter>
  <CssParameter name="font-weight">bold</CssParameter>
</Font>

Here's the full symbolizer:

<TextSymbolizer>
    <Label>
  <ogc:PropertyName>NAME</ogc:PropertyName>
    </Label>

    <Font>
  <CssParameter name="font-family">Times New Roman</CssParameter>
  <CssParameter name="font-style">Normal</CssParameter>
  <CssParameter name="font-size">14</CssParameter>
  <CssParameter name="font-weight">bold</CssParameter>
    </Font>

    <Halo>

      <Radius>
     <ogc:Literal>2</ogc:Literal>
      </Radius>
      <Fill>
    <CssParameter name="fill">#FFFFFF</CssParameter>
    <CssParameter name="fill-opacity">0.85</CssParameter>
      </Fill>

    </Halo>

    <Fill>
  <CssParameter name="fill">#000000</CssParameter>
    </Fill>
</TextSymbolizer>

dave

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Dave,

It is unlikely that you can use "Ariel" at all as "Ariel" is not a standard
font-family. "Arial", with an 'a', not an 'e' is, in fact, a recognized
font-family, of the sans-serif style.

Perhaps my question appears arbitrary, but it is not. As a follow-up
question, can you answer this: When the .sld (style .xmlish document)
specifies a font-family parameter, where does GeoServer "go" to get that
specific font-family file? Is it loaded into the GeoServer code itself? Does
it fetch it from the server upon which the instance of GeoServer resides?

Also, does there exist ANY documentation regarding the font-families
specifically supported by GeoServer.
Furtermore, if it is able to support *any* fonts, is there documentation for
the process of readying GeoServer to support something like
"vendoer-supplied" or "vector-based" fonts?

Roland Shield, GIS guy, x268
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Subject: [Geoserver-users] Style (.sld) syntax

I change the fonts all the time. Here's an example part of an SLD. You can
also point the font-family directly to a .ttf file.

Here's the actual specifying the font (you can use "Ariel" if you want ariel
instead of Time New Roman):
<Font>
  <CssParameter name="font-family">Times New Roman</CssParameter>
  <CssParameter name="font-style">Normal</CssParameter>
  <CssParameter name="font-size">14</CssParameter>
  <CssParameter name="font-weight">bold</CssParameter>
</Font>

Here's the full symbolizer:

<TextSymbolizer>
    <Label>
  <ogc:PropertyName>NAME</ogc:PropertyName>
    </Label>

    <Font>
  <CssParameter name="font-family">Times New Roman</CssParameter>
  <CssParameter name="font-style">Normal</CssParameter>
  <CssParameter name="font-size">14</CssParameter>
  <CssParameter name="font-weight">bold</CssParameter>
    </Font>

    <Halo>

      <Radius>
     <ogc:Literal>2</ogc:Literal>
      </Radius>
      <Fill>
    <CssParameter name="fill">#FFFFFF</CssParameter>
    <CssParameter name="fill-opacity">0.85</CssParameter>
      </Fill>

    </Halo>

    <Fill>
  <CssParameter name="fill">#000000</CssParameter>
    </Fill>
</TextSymbolizer>

dave

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