Styles

Often similar elements are combined to give them common presentation properties. These are called display types. They are only possible for elements with the same geometry type. If you change the visibility or display mode of a display type, this always affects all elements contained in the level that are assigned to the selected display type.

In most cases, common presentation characteristics are founded on a systematic approach. Country boundaries and district boundaries are, for example, special display types at the level of municipal boundaries. The different font sizes of cities are based on representation types defined by population size classes. Topographic labels have different display types in EasyMap. The labels of the city points are typed according to population classes and the labels of the postal codes according to the size of the area.

Selecting and Changing Display Types

In the adjacent figure you can see the different display types of the level "Municipalities - Borders". Depending on the administrative outline level, the limits are displayed differently. To view and change the properties of a display type, it must first be selected in the list. You can then change the line width and color of the border, for example, or influence the visibility of the border in the map.

Creating New Display Types

New display types that you have defined can be created in map layers that contain labels or symbols or points. These can then be set via the corresponding table or the properties of the individual map elements.

• To add a new view type, click the plus button next to the list of view types.
• Then you can edit a label and set font, shadow effects and more.
• In the map, click on the text whose appearance you want to change. In the context menu in the Properties you can select the newly created Display type under Display.
• Creating a new display type in the Properties of the label element in the map is even faster. There you can click on Display > Display types in the drop-down menu on <New display...>. Then a dialog opens where you can create a new text representation. This is added to the display types of the entire level and can be subsequently changed or deleted there.

Note: For line objects, it is not possible to add additional display types or change the assignment of elements to display types.

Enlarging or reducing display types together

In EasyMap there is the possibility to enlarge or reduce all display classes at the same time in order to enlarge or reduce a font point.

• Open the Properties of the Layer - Label by a double left mouse click in the control window Content.
• Under Labelling please mark all display types and select the font.
• In the font wizard there are two buttons, the left one enlarges and the right one reduces all fonts by one point.