You have many options when drawing symbols. We support a number of TrueType fonts that carry their own symbol sets. We have also organized a number of symbol fonts around different industries, such as real estate and transportation, making it easy for you to find the symbols you need. MapInfo Pro supports the following fonts:
- MapInfo Cartographic
- MapInfo Transportation
- MapInfo Real Estate
- MapInfo Miscellaneous
- MapInfo 3.0 Compatible Symbols (vector symbols, available as a True Type font in MapInfo Pro): the 36 shapes from the MapInfo symbol set
- MapInfo Oil & Gas
- MapInfo Weather
- MapInfo Arrows
- Installed font symbols: symbols available from the installed fonts that offer a symbol set
- ERS Fonts (For more about these fonts, see Homeland Security Symbols.)
- Custom symbols: from here you can access user-created bitmap symbols which you have saved to the CUSTSYMB directory. This directory is created during MapInfo Pro installation. See Working with Custom Symbols for more about this process.
The MapInfo Symbols font is a TrueType font. When you use these symbols, the Background and Effects options in the Symbol Style dialog box are unavailable.
Homeland Security Symbols
These ERS fonts have been prepared by the Office of Homeland Security for use in your MapInfo maps. These fonts were developed to standardize the way emergency circumstances and industries are depicted in maps. These TrueType fonts are listed using the format "ERS V# symbol type" for clarity. Specifically the new symbols are:
- ERS v2 Damage - Use these fonts to create your own symbols. These fonts include circles, squares, and rectangles of various complexity.
- ERS v2 Incidents - Use these fonts to show various hazardous circumstances such as fires, police activity, and other dangers.
- ERS v2 Infrastructures Stage 01 - 04 - Use these fonts to show various industrial environments including farms, factories, financial businesses etc. in a wide variety of complex frames to indicate severity
- ERS v2 Natural Events - Use these fonts to show areas of natural disasters such as hurricanes, tsunamis, volcanoes and other natural events
- ERS v2 Operations Stage 01 - 04 - Use these fonts to show various emergency circumstance symbols such as ambulances, biohazard, and Red Cross-type symbols in a wide variety of complex frames to indicate severity