--- a/src/java/de/intevation/mxd/writer/SymbolWriter.java	Tue Jun 07 13:53:48 2011 +0200
+++ b/src/java/de/intevation/mxd/writer/SymbolWriter.java	Tue Jun 07 15:50:43 2011 +0200
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 package de.intevation.mxd.writer;
 
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
-import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 
@@ -50,8 +46,8 @@
 
         String name = symbolElement.getAttribute("name");
         symbolObj sym = symbolSet.getSymbolByName(name);
-
         String symType = symbolElement.getAttribute("style");
+        String type = symbolElement.getAttribute("type");
         if(symType.equals("point")) {
             writeSimple(sym);
         }
@@ -62,6 +58,9 @@
             //TODO Does not work at all...  waiting for fix.
             writeCharacter(sym, symbolElement);
         }
+        else if (type.equals("line")) {
+            writeHatch(sym);
+        }
         else {
             return false;
         }
@@ -99,16 +98,25 @@
     private void writeCharacter(symbolObj symbol, Element symbolElement) {
         logger.debug("writeCharacter(symbolObj, Element)");
         //TODO Write the symbol correctly. See Issue 3885 on trac.osgeo.org
-        symbol.setFont(symbolElement.getAttribute("font"));
+        String font = symbolElement.getAttribute("font");
+        //Remove all blank character to match the mapserver fonts.txt.
+        font = font.replaceAll(" ", "");
+        symbol.setFont(font);
         symbol.setType(MS_SYMBOL_TYPE.MS_SYMBOL_TRUETYPE.swigValue());
         symbol.setAntialias(1);
-        symbol.setCharacter("#&" + symbolElement.getAttribute("char") + ";");
+        symbol.setCharacter("&#" + symbolElement.getAttribute("char") + ";");
+    }
+
+    private void writeHatch(symbolObj symbol) {
+        logger.debug("writeHatch(symbolObj)");
+        symbol.setType(MS_SYMBOL_TYPE.MS_SYMBOL_HATCH.swigValue());
     }
 
     public boolean canWrite(String type) {
         if (type.equals("point") ||
             type.equals("arrow") ||
-            type.equals("char")) {
+            type.equals("char") ||
+            type.equals("line")) {
             return true;
         }
         else {
@@ -118,12 +126,12 @@
 
     private void saveSymbolSet(symbolSetObj symbols)
     throws Exception {
-        String path = "";// TODO Get the correct path. Mapfile path or symbolset path
+        String path = this.map.getMappath();
         if(path.equals("")) {
             return;
         }
-        else if(path.endsWith(".map")) {
-            path.replace(".map", ".sym");
+        else {
+            path += "symbols.sym";
         }
         symbols.save(path);
     }