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Text with special characters (ღ for example)
Posted: 2012-06-08T07:19:19-07:00
by sheepherd
There are numerous images which I should annotate with text, some phrases have some special characters such as ღ and some others.
тест - is test in Russian
as a result of this command i get image with text
?тест?
how can I make imagemagick draw such characters on images?
Re: Text with special characters (ღ for example)
Posted: 2012-06-08T21:13:39-07:00
by fmw42
I am not an expert on this, but perhaps the font you are using does not support that character.
also see
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/text/#unicode
Re: Text with special characters (ღ for example)
Posted: 2012-06-09T00:39:34-07:00
by sheepherd
I tried to create image with such character in GIMP image editor using font 'Ubuntu' - it works. Then I tried to do same with imagemagick:
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$ convert -list font |grep -i ubuntu
Font: Ubuntu-Bold
family: Ubuntu
glyphs: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-B.ttf
Font: Ubuntu-Bold-Italic
family: Ubuntu
glyphs: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-BI.ttf
Font: Ubuntu-Condensed-Regular
family: Ubuntu Condensed
glyphs: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-C.ttf
Font: Ubuntu-Italic
family: Ubuntu
glyphs: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-RI.ttf
Font: Ubuntu-Light
family: Ubuntu
glyphs: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-L.ttf
Font: Ubuntu-Light-Italic
family: Ubuntu
glyphs: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-LI.ttf
Font: Ubuntu-Mono-Bold
family: Ubuntu Mono
glyphs: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/UbuntuMono-B.ttf
Font: Ubuntu-Mono-Bold-Italic
family: Ubuntu Mono
glyphs: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/UbuntuMono-BI.ttf
Font: Ubuntu-Mono-Italic
family: Ubuntu Mono
glyphs: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/UbuntuMono-RI.ttf
Font: Ubuntu-Mono-Regular
family: Ubuntu Mono
glyphs: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/UbuntuMono-R.ttf
Font: Ubuntu-Regular
family: Ubuntu
glyphs: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-R.ttf
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printf "тест \U10E6" | convert -font Ubuntu-Regular -background lightblue -fill blue -pointsize 36 label:@- label_quotes.gif
still getting: тест?
\U10E6 - is unicode value of ღ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters
Re: Text with special characters (ღ for example)
Posted: 2012-06-09T10:43:57-07:00
by fmw42
It fails for me using Arial and label: or caption:, but works if I use PANGO:. IM 6.7.7.6 Q16 Mac OSX SnowLeopard
convert -font Arial Pango:ღтестღ image.jpg
But you have to install the PANGO delegate. I have
convert -list format
...
PANGO* PANGO r-- Pango Markup Language (Pangocairo 1.30.0)
So it could be a bug in label: and captions:. The IM developers would have to assess that.
Re: Text with special characters (ღ for example)
Posted: 2012-06-09T18:45:19-07:00
by magick
You need a font that has a glyph defined for \U10E6. We use Arial Unicode MS and the character renders properly:
- convert -pointsize 48 -font arial-unicode.ttf label:ღтестღ label.png
Re: Text with special characters (ღ for example)
Posted: 2012-06-13T01:44:28-07:00
by sheepherd
magick wrote:You need a font that has a glyph defined for \U10E6. We use Arial Unicode MS and the character renders properly:
- convert -pointsize 48 -font arial-unicode.ttf label:ღтестღ label.png
Now it works with this font. Thank you very much
