Add additional resources - color palettes and text styles

[phidrho]

Hi,

I am in need to share/download additional resources that are not currently available via website:

Color palettes - implemented as "GIMP Palettes" or "gpl" files

• they are simple ASCII files which define colors - usually 4 columns (RGB and color name)

GIMP Palette
Name: Test Palette
Columns: 4
#
  0   0   0	#000000
255 255 255	#ffffff
166 206 227	#a6cee3
 31 120 180	#1f78b4
178 223 138	#b2df8a
 51 160  44	#33a02c
251 154 153	#fb9a99
227  26  28	#e31a1c
253 191 111	#fdbf6f
255 127   0	#ff7f00
255   0 255	Custom Color 1
255 255 255	Custom Color 2
 65  65  65	My Color 1
128 128 128	My Color 2
255   0   0	Red
...

• specific colors are usually defined by state cartography specification - I'm attaching example from Croatian cartography specification

• these are used in "Select Color" dialog on the "Color swatches" tab, and can be exported and imported (entire palette or merging colors into existing palette)

Text Styles - implemented as XML style specification

<!DOCTYPE qgis_style>
<qgis_style version="2">
  <symbols/>
  <colorramps/>
  <textformats>
    <textformat name="Zbirka_AN" tags="croatia">
      <text-style forcedBold="0" fontKerning="1" allowHtml="0" namedStyle="Regular" multilineHeight="1" fontSizeUnit="MM" blendMode="0" textColor="50,50,50,255,rgb:0.19607843137254902,0.19607843137254902,0.19607843137254902,1" fontItalic="0" fontFamily="Arial Narrow" fontStrikeout="0" tabStopDistance="80" capitalization="0" textOpacity="1" tabStopDistanceUnit="Point" fontSize="3" fontWeight="50" previewBkgrdColor="255,255,255,255,rgb:1,1,1,1" fontLetterSpacing="0" tabStopDistanceMapUnitScale="3x:0,0,0,0,0,0" fontUnderline="0" fontWordSpacing="0" forcedItalic="0" multilineHeightUnit="Percentage" fontSizeMapUnitScale="3x:0,0,0,0,0,0" textOrientation="horizontal">
        <families/>
        <text-buffer bufferColor="250,250,250,255,rgb:0.98039215686274506,0.98039215686274506,0.98039215686274506,1" bufferSizeMapUnitScale="3x:0,0,0,0,0,0" bufferBlendMode="0" bufferJoinStyle="128" bufferNoFill="1" bufferSizeUnits="MM" bufferOpacity="1" bufferSize="1" bufferDraw="0"/>
        <text-mask maskJoinStyle="128" maskSize="1.5" maskSizeMapUnitScale="3x:0,0,0,0,0,0" maskEnabled="0" maskType="0" maskedSymbolLayers="" maskOpacity="1" maskSizeUnits="MM" maskSize2="1.5"/>
        <background shapeSizeMapUnitScale="3x:0,0,0,0,0,0" shapeBlendMode="0" shapeSizeUnit="Point" shapeRotation="0" shapeRotationType="0" shapeBorderColor="128,128,128,255,rgb:0.50196078431372548,0.50196078431372548,0.50196078431372548,1" shapeSizeType="0" shapeSizeY="0" shapeBorderWidthMapUnitScale="3x:0,0,0,0,0,0" shapeBorderWidthUnit="Point" shapeSizeX="0" shapeOffsetMapUnitScale="3x:0,0,0,0,0,0" shapeOffsetY="0" shapeDraw="0" shapeType="0" shapeOpacity="1" shapeRadiiX="0" shapeOffsetX="0" shapeBorderWidth="0" shapeOffsetUnit="Point" shapeFillColor="255,255,255,255,rgb:1,1,1,1" shapeSVGFile="" shapeRadiiY="0" shapeRadiiMapUnitScale="3x:0,0,0,0,0,0" shapeJoinStyle="64" shapeRadiiUnit="Point">
          <symbol type="marker" name="markerSymbol" is_animated="0" frame_rate="10" alpha="1" clip_to_extent="1" force_rhr="0">
            <data_defined_properties>
              <Option type="Map">
...

• text styles have their own category in Style Manager
• we have all other style categories listed on website except Text Format
• specific colors are usually defined by state cartography specification - I'm attaching example from Croatian cartography specification

• Text Format style can be imported/exported on their own, without other styling settings

[Xpirix]

Hi @phidrho , thanks for this.

My suggestion is to upload the XML style on the Hub website: https://hub.qgis.org/styles/add/ (requires an OSGeo Login). It will be then reviewed by the Style Managers and will show up in the list once approved.
Please let me know if you have any issues.

Regards,

[phidrho]

Hi @phidrho , thanks for this.

My suggestion is to upload the XML style on the Hub website: https://hub.qgis.org/styles/add/ (requires an OSGeo Login). It will be then reviewed by the Style Managers and will show up in the list once approved. Please let me know if you have any issues.

Regards,

If I understood well, these categories aren't yet created because currently we don't have any resources to display on web?

I also noticed that 3D Symbols Styling are missing.

And what about Color Palette files? Should we post them on the same subpage with Styles (https://hub.qgis.org/styles/), or we'll create a new Hub subpage?

[Xpirix]

Let me take a look and get back to you.

[Xpirix]

Hi @phidrho

If I understood well, these categories aren't yet created because currently we don't have any resources to display on web?
I also noticed that 3D Symbols Styling are missing.

Yes, that's right. After checking the code and the feature locally, the Text Format and the Symbol3D will be created automatically whenever a new style with these types is uploaded.

And what about Color Palette files? Should we post them on the same subpage with Styles (https://hub.qgis.org/styles/), or we'll create a new Hub subpage?

The Color Palette type is not supported yet but the suggested PR at #45 will add that feature once applied. Please also feel free to share your thoughts about it.