hi, I'm using XP SP3 and the latest download from sourceforge. I'm trying to convert a simple text file (name.txt) which contains a name like "kernelPanic" to a png image.
All my attempts
convert name.txt name.png
convert text:name.txt name.png
and various other renditions that include -font -size, etc and even my attempts to convert a label using some of the commonly found examples, all result in this error
convert: unable to get type metrics (name.txt)
Google has been no help. The forums here had a reference to needing ghostscript installed - that was on a server environment - but I installed it anyway - same error.
Does anyone know where I have gone astray here?
regards,
kp
Unable to get type metrics
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Re: Unable to get type metrics
Try something like this:
Pete
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convert -font "Lucida-Handwriting-Italic" -pointsize 48 label:@name.txt name.png
Sorry, my ISP shutdown all personal webspace so my MagickWand Examples in C is offline.
See my message in this topic for a link to a zip of all the files.
See my message in this topic for a link to a zip of all the files.
Re: Unable to get type metrics
thank you - that get's me the same basic errorel_supremo wrote:Try something like this:PeteCode: Select all
convert -font "Lucida-Handwriting-Italic" -pointsize 48 label:@name.txt name.png
convert: Unable to get type metrics (@name.txt)
I'm now wondering if this is not some configuration issue on this install. I will try it on another PC and see
Re: Unable to get type metrics
well, not sure what the issue is on this computer. ImageMagick will not run at all. I've uninstalled/reinstalled - all I get now is an error that the program is not configured properly. 
