font size

Questions and postings pertaining to the usage of ImageMagick regardless of the interface. This includes the command-line utilities, as well as the C and C++ APIs. Usage questions are like "How do I use ImageMagick to create drop shadows?".
Post Reply
nzlyoung

font size

Post by nzlyoung »

Hi,

I am trying to preview the text on the browser and will generate a document (pdf) destined to print so preview needs to be same as
the print.

Just wondering if there is any way to match the font-size (pixel perfect) on the web with imagemagick created image or pdf.

I need to get this exactly the same for design purpose. I've tried using exact size (e.g. 12pt) on the web and -pointsize 12 but somehow imagemagick created document is much smaller.
I'm new to this image magic world so any help will be much appreciated.

Regards,

Don.
User avatar
fmw42
Posts: 25562
Joined: 2007-07-02T17:14:51-07:00
Authentication code: 1152
Location: Sunnyvale, California, USA

Re: font size

Post by fmw42 »

with pdf as output, you need to specify the -density and -units to control the size of the output image (as dots per inch or dots per centimeter) as viewed on the browser. But the browser can change the size of a pdf to anything desired. So it is really just a matter of the quality produced by the -density.

see

http://www.imagemagick.org/script/comma ... 35#density
http://www.imagemagick.org/script/comma ... co35#units
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/formats/#pdf
Post Reply