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I want add some text on an image file with ImageMagick,

This is what I entered:
But it returns an error as follows:
The generated picture doesn't have any test added on.

I googled it but most of the posts are not helping much.

I am currently using MacOSX 10.9.4, ghostscript and ImageMagick were both installed via port in terminal.

Thanks for any kind of tips!

label: (and caption:) do not work on an existing image. You must create a transparent image to apply label: and then overlay the result on your image.

To apply text directly to an image use either -annotate or -draw. Also the input image should come right after convert

see
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/text/

Ghostscript is not needed. What you need is fontconfig and freetype

convert -version


Version: ImageMagick 6.8.9-5 Q16 x86_64 2014-06-30 http://www.imagemagick.org
Copyright: Copyright (C) 1999-2014 ImageMagick Studio LLC
Features: DPC Modules
Delegates: bzlib cairo fftw fontconfig freetype gslib jbig jng jp2 jpeg lcms lqr ltdl lzma openexr png ps rsvg tiff webp x xml zlib

Also is your Verdana font in your list of fonts.

convert -list font

If not, then you have to provide the full path to the font file or edit your type.xml file or use http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/script ... k_type_gen

Thanks.

I noticed that it's just because I can't put text on the image. Thanks for pointing out this important thing.

But even if I successfully created a new image, the font was still not applied and the warning still exist:

Here is the result for convert -version
And I am sure the Verdana font is existed and path is correct in the type.xml. I tried some other fonts, got the same result. So no font is applied to my image.

Thanks for any kind of tips!

I would upgrade the relevant delegates if they are not current versions and then reinstall IM. I suspect it is something in your installation, since it works fine for me with no error. One possibility is that your font Verdana may be corrupted, though perhaps not likely if other fonts fail. I suspect it is a corrupted fontconfig.

Thanks,

I will try to reinstall. Before that, how do I perform a perfect uninstall?

I installed GhostScript and ImageMagick via Port before.

If you installed everything before using MacPorts, then just upgrade MacPorts and then upgrade your ports. See if that fixes it before doing anything more.
then

see https://guide.macports.org/#using