add padding to texts with convert

[suman114]

I am adding text with annotate, but the text is not centered and attached to the top.
Also how do we add a padding to increase the background size and center the text?
My command is:

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convert myPdf.pdf -gravity southwest -fill "rgba(0,0,0,0.80)" -pointsize 10 -annotate +0+0 "This is my text." compose -multiply myDestination.pdf

[snibgo]

Use a different gravity, eg "North" or "Centre".

What padding do you want to increase?

Your final "compose -multiply" is strange. Perhaps you intended "-compose multiply", but is isn't followed by anything that would be affected.

[fmw42]

I would suggest you create a text image using label: or caption: with a given background and -gravity center, trim it, then pad with the background color, then composite it over your other image at the desired location. See http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/text/