Caption is wrapping a word with no spaces or linebreaks!

[alasdairdf]

I'm using caption to create titles of a particular size, like this:

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convert -background transparent -colorspace RGB -font "smallcaps.otf" +pointsize -size 1335x806 -gravity center -fill "rgb(28,22,17)" caption:"Calculus" -trim test.jpg

The word "Calculus" here is split to that the s is on the next line, which is very annoying.

How can I fix this?

I'm using CentOS 6.2 64bit and the ImageMagick version is 6.5.4.7-6.el6_2. I have tried to upgrade ImageMagick from source but get an error, I had no problem installing ImageMagick from source on CentOS 5, but I have never managed to install it from source on CentOS 6 due to errors during build, hence the use of the standard rpm.

Thank you!

[fmw42]

First, jpg does not support transparency, so your result would look totally black because your fill color is nearly black.

Second, you don't need +pointsize. There is no default pointsize, so unless you specify it, it will be off. (Should not hurt though).

Third, if you specify -colorspace RGB in current releases it will be linear colors and not sRGB colors. By default the colors will be sRGB if you leave off the -colorspace. This started about IM 6.7.5.5.

What I run

convert -background white -font candice \
-size 1335x806 -gravity center -fill "rgb(28,22,17)" caption:"Calculus" -trim +repage 1test.jpg

I get it all in one line. Note the +repage is not needed for jpg, but would be needed for gif or png to remove the virtual-canvas.
See http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/crop/#crop_repage

So your problem is either a bug in your version of IM or with the font you selected. Try upgrading your IM.

Hope this helps.

[alasdairdf]

I managed to get the latest version of IM to compile, and it works fine now. Thanks!