[mkgmap-dev] maps with diacritic symbols

Wed Mar 2 20:07:41 GMT 2011

> while i'm here, i also tried lowercase option - it mostly worked except
> for labels on roads where all lowercase symbols seemed to be replaced by
> underscores. is that something that can be improved with mkgmap, or is
> it a quirk of the garmin device ?
>
Most Garmin units cannot display rotated lowercase letters. If the 
letters are drawn exact horizontal, e.g. for city names, they work, but 
all rotated lowercase letters are not displayed. This is not caused by 
mkgmap but by the device.

Regards,
Johann