--- a/src/java/de/intevation/mxd/reader/TextSymbolReader.java	Mon Sep 17 17:10:44 2012 +0200
+++ b/src/java/de/intevation/mxd/reader/TextSymbolReader.java	Thu Sep 20 12:55:21 2012 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011 by Intevation GmbH, Germany <info@intevation.de>
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 by Intevation GmbH, Germany <info@intevation.de>
  *
  * This file is part of MXD2map.
  *
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  * Raimund Renkert <raimund.renkert@intevation.de>
  * Bjoern Schilberg <bjoern.schilberg@intevation.de>
  * Stephan Holl <stephan.holl@intevation.de>
+ * Andre Heinecke <aheinecke@intevation.de>
  */
 
 package de.intevation.mxd.reader;
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@
 import com.esri.arcgis.display.TextSymbol;
 import com.esri.arcgis.display.IRgbColor;
 import com.esri.arcgis.display.RgbColor;
+import com.esri.arcgis.display.LineCallout;
+import com.esri.arcgis.display.ITextBackground;
+import com.esri.arcgis.display.IColor;
 import com.esri.arcgis.support.ms.stdole.Font;
 
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
@@ -119,8 +123,8 @@
                 String.valueOf(symbol.getSize()));
         }
         catch(IOException ioe) {
-            logger.warn("Could not read size. Setting size to 1.");
-            symbolElement.setAttribute("size", "1");
+            logger.warn("Could not read size. Setting size to 10.");
+            symbolElement.setAttribute("size", "10");
         }
 
         try {
@@ -158,6 +162,45 @@
             symbolElement.setAttribute("font", "FreeSans");
         }
         symbolElement.setAttribute("type", "text");
+
+        // Background
+        try {
+            ITextBackground background = symbol.getBackground();
+            if (background != null) {
+                if (background instanceof LineCallout) {
+                    LineCallout lc = (LineCallout)background;
+                    IColor pcolor = lc.getBorder().getColor();
+                    if(pcolor instanceof IRgbColor) {
+                        IRgbColor color = (IRgbColor)pcolor;
+                        Color c = new Color (
+                            color.getRed(),
+                            color.getGreen(),
+                            color.getBlue());
+                        symbolElement.setAttribute("bg_color", String.valueOf(c.getRGB()));
+                        symbolElement.setAttribute("bg_transparency",
+                            String.valueOf(color.getTransparency()));
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        RgbColor col = new RgbColor();
+                        col.setRGB(pcolor.getRGB());
+                        Color c = new Color (
+                            col.getRed(),
+                            col.getGreen(),
+                            col.getBlue());
+                        symbolElement.setAttribute("bg_color", String.valueOf(c.getRGB()));
+                        symbolElement.setAttribute("bg_transparency",
+                            String.valueOf(col.getTransparency()));
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    logger.warn("Unhandled background of class: " +
+                            background.getClass().toString());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        catch(Exception e) {
+            logger.warn("Could not read backgroundcolor.");
+        }
+
         return symbolElement;
     }
 }