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Multiple Lines Problem
Posted: 2010-05-30T13:27:32-07:00
by xypho
I am using ImageMagick (Version: ImageMagick 6.2.8 )
I am trying to write a script to simplify the creation of stamps. I need to be able to center multiple lines of text that have different font formatting settings that they will get from user input.
I was hoping to use something such as :
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convert -font helvetica -pointsize 25 label:'line 1' -font helvetica -pointsize 12 label:'line2' -gravity center -append test01.png
here is the result
My text seems to justify to the left size. Is there an easy solution to fix this?
Thanks,
Xypho
Re: Multiple Lines Problem
Posted: 2010-05-30T14:28:44-07:00
by snibgo
It centres for me (IM 6.6.0-8). Try an upgrade.
Re: Multiple Lines Problem
Posted: 2010-05-30T14:42:38-07:00
by xypho
I am unable to update it's a godaddy shared server so my only hope is to get it to work with another means. Any ideas how to make it work in this version
Re: Multiple Lines Problem
Posted: 2010-05-30T15:42:24-07:00
by fmw42
append was only recently made gravity sensistive (v 6.4.8-2)
you will have to create two images and then composite them together to get them centered or possibly try montage with the two images.
Godaddy is the pits. I have tried numerous times to get them to upgrade IM or provide another current version, but they just ignore my request.
Re: Multiple Lines Problem
Posted: 2010-05-30T16:09:10-07:00
by fmw42
this seems to work for me
convert -font arial -pointsize 25 label:'line 1' -trim +repage tmp1.gif
convert -font arial -pointsize 12 label:'line2' -trim +repage tmp2.gif
montage tmp1.gif tmp2.gif -tile 1x -geometry +2+2 test01.png
Use the geometry to adjust the spacing between images and on its sides
Re: Multiple Lines Problem
Posted: 2010-05-31T11:29:02-07:00
by fmw42
this also works with one command line
montage -label "" \( -font arial -pointsize 25 label:'line 1' \) \
\( -font arial -pointsize 12 label:'line2' \) \
-tile 1x -geometry +0+5 test02.png
see discussion at
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=16324
Re: Multiple Lines Problem
Posted: 2010-06-01T20:09:11-07:00
by anthony
Quote from IM examples, Layers Append...
Before IM v6.4.7 it was much more difficult to align appended images, and generally involved using a "-flop" for right alignment. Or using "-extent" or "-border" to adjust the image width for centered aligned appends.
For example, this will work with an older 6.3.2 version of IM...
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convert rose: -background SkyBlue label:Rose \
-background White -gravity center -extent 200x \
-append -trim +repage append_center_old.jpg