[ncl-talk] Not English city names

[Barry Lynn]

Hi:

Would it be possible to previously make png rectangles with the name
inside, and overlay it on the map, like we do regular city names?

I am not sure how one would get the right sized rectangle, but perhaps this
is possible as well.

Barry


On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 4:23 PM, Mary Haley <haley at ucar.edu> wrote:

> Hi Barry,
>
> NCL doesn't have special font tables for foreign languages unfortunately.
>
> Mateus da Silva Teixeira from IPMet provided a nice example for creating
> words with special characters, however, like the umlaut.  Please see
> example text_14.ncl:
>
> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/text.shtml#ex14
>
> --Mary
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 1:21 PM, Barry Lynn <barry.h.lynn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I do not see anything on-line.
>>
>> Can one create a city name in a foreign language?
>>
>> If not, can one create a PNG (or like) and overlay it at the correct
>> location?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Barry H. Lynn, Ph.D
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>> The Institute of the Earth Science,
>> The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
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-- 
Barry H. Lynn, Ph.D
Senior Lecturer,
The Institute of the Earth Science,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
Tel: 972 547 231 170
Fax: (972)-25662581

C.E.O, Weather It Is, LTD
Weather and Climate Focus
http://weather-it-is.com
Jerusalem, Israel
Local: 02 930 9525
Cell: 054 7 231 170
Int-IS: x972 2 930 9525
US 914 432 3108
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