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There seems to be a problem with the "-interword-spacing" operator in my current version of IM7 under Windows 7 Pro 64. Below are some commands to compare. (Note: I have it set up so when I run the "convert" command on my system it uses my IM6, and when I run "magick" it uses my IM7.)

Using this "convert" command with version "ImageMagick 6.9.2-8 Q16 x64 2015-12-05"...
The second line of text, as expected, has wider spaces between words than the first line. But, using the same command with "magick" and version "ImageMagick 7.0.0-0 Q16 x64 2016-01-09"...
The second line of text is exactly the same width as the first. Apparently the "-interword-spacing" operator is not acting as expected here. I have tried it with different fonts, different point sizes, and with "caption:", "label:", and "-annotate". For example, the following command should make two lines of text, the second being wider than the first. With my IM6 it produces the expected result. If I change only the command "convert" from IM6 to "magick" from IM7, the spaces in the two lines of text are the same width.
If there's anything else you need to know about my set-up or other testing commands, I'll be glad to help.

Now it appears the behavior of the "-interword-spacing" has also changed between the Windows versions IM 6.9.2-8 Q16 x64 and IM 6.9.3-1 Q16 x64.

There is a clear difference in spacing between words when running these two commands using IM 6.9.2-8 Q16 x64...
When running the same commands using IM 6.9.3-1 Q16 x64, the two files appear exactly the same. The addition of the "-interword-spacing" operator seems to have no effect on the spacing with the newer releases of IM.

The "-interword-spacing" operator still seems to have no effect in Windows binary beta version "ImageMagick 7.0.0-0 Q16 x64 2016-01-31", downloaded and installed from the file "ImageMagick-7.0.0-0~beta20160203-Q16-HDRI-x64-static.exe".

Thanks for the problem report. We can reproduce it and will have a patch to fix it in GIT master branch @ https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick later today. The patch will be available in the beta releases of ImageMagick @ http://www.imagemagick.org/download/beta/ by sometime tomorrow.

I have now made several tests with "ImageMagick-7.0.0-0~beta20160207-Q16-HDRI-x64-static.exe", and the problem with the "-interword-spacing" operator appears to be resolved. Thanks again to everyone whose hard work makes this piece of software possible.