Is this a bug in convert? (6.6.9-3)

[sambessey]

Hi,

When I run the following command on 6.6.9.3, the text does not resize to fill the area any more. It does in older versions such as 6.6.7.6. Is there a bug in this bit of functionality? (This is on CentOS 5.6)

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convert -size 420x420 -gravity northwest -fill '#000000' caption:'The string is meant to be a best fit on the text area in this case, so why is it not behaving itself? I would really like to know.It is a real mystery to me' bleh.gif

Adding +fontsize seems to also cause the lines of text to run wider than the length of the canvas.

Thanks

Sam

[fmw42]

It works fine for me under IM 6.6.9.4 Q16 Mac OSX Tiger. Perhaps that version of IM had a bug. Try upgrading.

[sambessey]

Ok good to know. Just wanted to raise the flag on this. This is on a hosting account and they currently run 6.6.9.3. I will ask them about an upgrade, but as it is shared hosting, they are not able to just upgrade straight away.

Thanks.

[fmw42]

Here is what I got from:

convert -size 420x420 -gravity northwest -fill '#000000' caption:'The string is meant to be a best fit on the text area in this case, so why is it not behaving itself? I would really like to know.It is a real mystery to me' test_caption.gif



Is it possible that your default font is not working correctly? Try adding a specific font.