possible bug label: IM 6.8.3.9 Q16

[fmw42]

IM 6.8.3.9 Q16 Mac OSX Snow Leopard

Label: does not seem to change the font size to fill a specified width.

convert -size 200x -background white -fill black -font arial label:"some text" show:

The result does not span the full 200 pixel width.

Testing some versions of IM, it appears not to work after 6.7.9.0. At 6.7.9.0 it was working.

I see a changelog entry for

2012-08-16 6.7.9-1 Cristy <quetzlzacatenango@image...>
In rare cases, label would not auto-size properly (reference viewtopic.php?f=3&t=21716).

Then later

2012-11-25 6.8.0-7 Cristy <quetzlzacatenango@image...>
Width value is optional for label coder (e.g. -size x40 label:Magick).

Perhaps there are conflicting issues with all the changes?

[magick]

We can reproduce the problem you posted and have a patch in ImageMagick 6.8.3-10 Beta available by sometime tomorrow. Thanks.

[anthony]

I posted my own findings on this in
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=22964#p98250

[fmw42]

I posted my own findings on this in
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=22964#p98250

The width part got fixed. But I have noticed that it does not work with xHeight.