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<DIV><SPAN class=864175906-03082005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>As far
as I know this is only possible in MapServer using PIXMAP (raster images)
symbols. Here is the link to a document describing it, maybe it can help
you:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=864175906-03082005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/doc44/cartographic-symbols.html">http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/doc44/cartographic-symbols.html</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=864175906-03082005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=864175906-03082005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>dejan</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
cartoweb-users-bounces@lists.maptools.org
[mailto:cartoweb-users-bounces@lists.maptools.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Caussin
David<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 03, 2005 8:36 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
cartoweb-users@lists.maptools.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Cartoweb-users]
Character as symbol<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi everybody,</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>I know that it is possible to use letters to fill a
polygon but they are laid out very near to each other. I wondered
whether it were possible to space them?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>exemple " SSSSSSSS" ---> "S S
S S S S S S S".</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in advance</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Caussin David</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
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