convert type to graphic, size not working

[bhumes]

Hi all,

New to IM, so please go easy on me...

Here is my code:

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convert -fill green -font "c:\WINDOWS\Fonts\tt1046m_.ttf" label:"Welcome Back Jessica" -size 500x "c:\pathtoimages\Jessica.gif"

I'm expecting an image that is 500 pixels wide with the words "Welcome Back Jessica" as large as possible in the space.

What I'm getting is a very small image (65x14). The words appear correctly, but the image is much too small.

Please help. Thank you!

[fmw42]

try

convert -size 500x500 xc:green -font "c:\WINDOWS\Fonts\tt1046m_.ttf" label:"Welcome Back Jessica" "c:\pathtoimages\Jessica.gif"

This should make a 500x500 green image with your font in it. But you need to tell it what size font you want and what color font you want and where you want it placed.

See

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

[bhumes]

Thanks for you reply.

I tried a couple things based on your post and I found that the problem was that I need to declare the size first. So, the following works just fine:

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convert -size 400x -fill green -font "c:\WINDOWS\Fonts\tt1046m_.ttf" label:"Welcome Back Jessica" "c:\pathtoimages\Jessica.gif"

[anthony]

See IM Examples, Basics.

Settings are saved and Operations applied in command line oder.

[bhumes]

Thank you, Anthony. I missed that the first time around.