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Hello,

I use "label" to create text image. Now i need this text in "Bold" and "Italic" format but i can't find anything. so can you please suggest me how text in "Bold" and "Italic" without using bold and italic font.

Thanks,

Dipmala

I do not think you can do that with label: without a bold or italic font.

I believe you need to use -draw or pango:

See
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/text/
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/draw/

There are ways of fakeing bold, but generally only with larger text. Smaller text tends not to have the space for the bolding effects, unless you also increase inter-character spacing.

The most common method is to enable stroke (color) and increase the stroke width.