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Thanks for being so helpful fred. So, I just went to one of these many web sites that have the font, and grabbed a version of it, and the different version now 'works'. Figuring that's what you must have done. Sigh. So the version we *bought* is basically not so great. Also, noticed that MS Word ...

Focusing on linux, my versions are:

IM: 6.9.3-3
freetype: 2.4.8 as well as 2.5.2-1ubuntu2.5 (different test machines, both show problem)

Edit: tried FreeType 2.6.3-3 (latest I see on the website); no difference.

Thinking it's not FreeType related at the moment.

Ok, now that's interesting and confusing. When I run 'Testing' in ImageMagick, I get what you got in MS Word (a large space between T and e, which is the same problem I've seen when I do TIME in ImageMagick--the space between T, I, and M is large -- it exaggerates this problem). However, when I run ...

Hey... The font is Script MT Bold. The problem is very obvious when you spell TIME. The T and I and M's spacing is large compared to when you do it in a text editor or other font-supporting program. I'm not sure if Script MT Bold is legally free or not (I'm fairly sure we had to license it, or we ...

Hey Fred,

I was really hopeful about your suggestion. Unfortunately it created the exact same image as with the other syntax.

Doh. That didn't make a difference. Here's my command: convert -trim -gravity center -background transparent -fill '#333333' -density '53' -size '159x133' -font 'path/to/some/font.ttf' -alpha on label:'TIME' 'tmp/image.png' Pretty typical usage I think? Anything I should consider doing differently ...

Oh wow. OK, I'll try this version ASAP. Thanks!

I'm using a relatively new version of IM (tried 6.9.2-4, 6.9.3-0, MacOSX via brew as well as Linux via built-from-source), but it appears that kerning is not being processed correctly by IM. I have a font that appears in any other program much differently than it does in IM. I.e., kerning looks to ...

You mean on the rendered text? I'm sure it's not doing that based on the behavior of 'weird' fonts I've tried; by weird, I mean fonts that have their rendered font spill out of the undercolor area by a large amount. They come out *very* uncentered. I'll try to find a font that's on the internet and ...

Man. I'm embarrassed. I should have upgraded earlier. So, yes, after upgrading, I get exactly what you get on both MacOSX and Ubuntu 12. The bounding box is much more centered now (still, I do wonder... what exactly is IM centering on, if not the bounding box)? Thanks @fmw42. Now I'll give my ...

@fmw42 A very recent version: 6.9.1-10 -- I tried MacOSX (via homebrew) as well as Ubuntu (from source).

The issue seems fundamental to me. am I the first to be bothered by it? That would seem unlikely.

OK, got it.
Use ImageMagick to render the font, and just crop it out (-trim) and layer it (-composite) it where I need it to be.

Hi Snibgo, thanks for responding. I'll play with these settings and see how much closer I can get.

This problem isn't really limited to strange fonts (they just really bring it out). Take an example with Arial: convert -background '#dcdcdc' -fill black -size 300x150 -undercolor dodgerblue -gravity center -font arial.ttf -alpha on label:"Arial" arial.bmp http://iperf.sethcall.com/assets/arial.bmp ...

This part of the ImageMagick usage manual is very relevant to my question: http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/text/#overflow Let's say I'm using a very weird font that is 'spilling' out of it's bounding box (as the font does in the linked part of the manual). I'd like to be able to 'best fit to max ...