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Hi..
I have a Graphics Image as a background and I need to draw text(consider for example Arial/ point size could be any) over it and crop the composed image along the with text edges width and height..
It should work for all conditions ie multiline text/ single line text..
What is the fastest method command line argument should be given?
Thanks in advance..

The obvious method is to make a white image the same size, and write the text on this. "-trim" or "-format %@" gives you the required crop. Then write the text on the required background, and do the same crop.

I don't think you can do this in a single command.

Hi thanks could you give me some example pls?

I for one do not mind helping someone out who has tried to get a result they want; but not for people who come and ask for some code without making any effort to try for themselves.

Searching this forum would answer most of your question; visiting this example site would also help: http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage

Your best bet is to use caption to create the text image; composite it over your base image and crop

It is also important that you provide your version of Imagemagick and platform, since syntax may be different.

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