Imagemagick and Text Kerning Annotate, SVG or API?

[uprocka]

Hi there,
I' am searching since a while for a kerning-like feature within Imagemagick.

For my Application I need the feature tu customize the space (gap) between the singel letters of a word.

I read that freetye does support it... but cannot find a corresponding option in the IM-Documentation.

I would appriciate every hint concerning this topic.

THX

[anthony]

There is no option at this time to control text kernaling within freetype. Remember freetype is not the only font drawer within IM, though it is a major one. Also IM is not ment to be a text processor, but an image processor. if you want such a fine control of text you may need to look at TeX and MetaFont packages which is designed for exactly that type of text handling.

[uprocka]

ok thanks for that information!
got to check these two suggestions...

can I control them via shell like IM?

THX

[anthony]

They are script converted for document prepration.
TeX has become part of LaTeX whcih is a specific document formating system built on top of TeX. Basically you can go as deep as you like, but it is a very lart system that you can not use just from the command line. It is devoted to text handling.