Hi,
Solved. Firstly, I had to compile grass with freetype (which I didn't have) and freetype includes.
./configure ... --with-freetype --with-freetype-includes=/usr/include/freetype2/
I backed up my vector (as peaks_iso), then, as described in the thread, I opened the its dbf file in Open Office using character encoding ISO-8859-1. I had to retype the Icelandic characters into the database, and saved it.
I remade the labels using peaks_iso and it worked fine.
Thank you.
John
Miha Staut wrote:
This thread might help (see the ending comment by Glynn).
http://n2.nabble.com/Character-encoding-problem-td2185961.html#a2191493
Miha
--- On Wed, 3/6/09, John A Stevenson <john.stevenson@manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
From: John A Stevenson <john.stevenson@manchester.ac.uk>
Subject: [GRASS-user] Icelandic / international characters in databases and ps.map
To: "GRASS user list" <grass-user@lists.osgeo.org>
Date: Wednesday, 3 June, 2009, 10:44 AM
Hi,After initially being put off by seeing complicated
scripts, I've started to use psmap. I wanted to use
the postscript fill patterns to create a geological map that
would reproduce in black and white. It's really good -
the commands are pretty easy and the results look clear and
excellent.Anyway. I have digitised some of the main peaks in
the region, whose names contain Icelandic characters. Their names contain Icelandic characters. Using
v.db.select, they appear to have stored correctly. When I use labels created from the vector, the characters
appear as gaps with d.labels and as nonsense symbols using
ps.map.I read on the psmap g.manual page about character encoding,
but don't know how it applies to the labels/database.Can anyone help?
Cheers
John
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Postdoctoral Research Associate
School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
Williamson Building (Room 2.42)
University of Manchester
Manchester M13 9PL, UK
tel. +44(0)161 306 6585; fax. +44(0)161 306 9361;
john.stevenson@manchester.ac.uk