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

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.

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