How to make a character marker symbol

Summary This topic shows how to create a character marker line symbol.

Making a character marker symbol

Character marker symbols allow you to use glyph patterns from a font as the symbol for a marker. The glyph can be from a TrueType, OpenType, or PostScript Type-1 font.
Do the following steps to make a character marker symbol:
  1. Define the color.
  2. Define the font.
  3. Set the properties for the character marker symbol.
The following code example shows how to create a marker using the ESRI Default Marker TrueType font:
[VB.NET] 
Public Sub CharacterMarkerSymbol()
    
    ' Define the color you want to use.
    Dim rgbColorCls As ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.IRgbColor = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.RgbColorClass
    rgbColorCls.Red = 255
    rgbColorCls.Green = 0
    rgbColorCls.Blue = 0
    
    ' Define the font you want to use.
    Dim stdFontCls As stdole.IFontDisp = CType(New stdole.StdFont, stdole.IFontDisp)
    stdFontCls.Name = "ESRI Default Marker"
    stdFontCls.Size = 24
    
    ' Set the character marker symbol's properties.
    Dim characterMarkerSymbolCls As ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.ICharacterMarkerSymbol = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.CharacterMarkerSymbolClass
    With characterMarkerSymbolCls
        .Angle = 90
        .CharacterIndex = 36
        .Color = rgbColorCls
        .Font = stdFontCls
        .Size = 24
        .XOffset = 0
        .YOffset = 0
    End With
    
End Sub
[C#] 
public void CharacterMarkerSymbol()
{
    // Define the color you want to use.
    ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.IRgbColor rgbColorCls = new
        ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.RgbColorClass();
    rgbColorCls.Red = 255;
    rgbColorCls.Green = 0;
    rgbColorCls.Blue = 0;

    // Define the font you want to use.
    stdole.IFontDisp stdFontCls = ((stdole.IFontDisp)(new stdole.StdFont()));
    stdFontCls.Name = "ESRI Default Marker";
    stdFontCls.Size = 24;

    // Set the character marker symbol's properties.
    ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.ICharacterMarkerSymbol characterMarkerSymbolCls = new
        ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.CharacterMarkerSymbolClass();
    characterMarkerSymbolCls.Angle = 90;
    characterMarkerSymbolCls.CharacterIndex = 36;
    characterMarkerSymbolCls.Color = rgbColorCls;
    characterMarkerSymbolCls.Font = stdFontCls;
    characterMarkerSymbolCls.Size = 24;
    characterMarkerSymbolCls.XOffset = 0;
    characterMarkerSymbolCls.YOffset = 0;
}


See Also:

How to make a cartographic line symbol
How to make a gradient fill symbol
How to make a line callout
How to make a line fill symbol
How to make a picture marker symbol
Creating custom symbols
Creating other kinds of custom symbols
How to make different types of colors and color ramps



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