0> In article <4dda9d8f0904060852p6d70d32ci1878bb9f4e72e7bb@mail.gmail.com>, 0> Clinton Gladstone <URL:mailto:clinton.gladstone@googlemail.com> ("Clinton") wrote: Clinton> Regarding the syntax for hex characters in the style file, I Clinton> wonder if allowing arbitrary hex chars is an appropriate Clinton> solution. Clinton> Clinton> - As far as I know, there are a limited number of known Clinton> control characters which make sense for inserting into Clinton> element names. Clinton> Clinton> - The codes for the same symbols vary depending on the 6 or 8 Clinton> (or 10?) bit encoding for the label file. Do we have the encodings somewhere? I got my values from the GroundTruth manual page: <URL: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GroundTruth_Manual#Special_Symbols > Clinton> - Would it be more elegant to have something like Clinton> ${motorway-symbol} in the style file, and coding to make Clinton> the appropriate translations? Possibly - when you say "something like", obviously not that exact syntax, because of the conflict with value substition.