I have an emf that I would like to make into a North Arrow. How do I get the emf to be a Character Marker Symbol in ArcGIS 10?
[GIS] How to make an emf into a character marker symbol north arrow
arcgis-10.0cartography
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Best Answer
For starters, see the following help articles:
To create a custom north arrow symbol in ArcGIS 10, follow these steps:
I was able to use MS Paint to create a 64x64 version of the GIS.SE logo as a north arrow in BMP format (I would have liked to use vector but the vector version of the logo appears to still be MIA). Here's what it looks like on a page layout with a rotated data frame: