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I am trying to create a text with this font : HelveticaNeueLTStd-Roman

The font is listed in my Imagick if I do this: identify -list font

...
Font: HelveticaNeueLTStd-Roman
family: HelveticaNeueLTStd-Roman
style: Normal
stretch: Normal
weight: 400
glyphs: c:\windows\fonts\helveticaneueltstd-roman_0.otf
...

My command looks like this:

convert -debug annotate -size 720x576 -background none -fill white -stroke white -font HelveticaNeueLTStd-Roman -pointsize 22 90x25 -draw "text 160,420 'Test 1'" -font HelveticaNeueLTStd-Roman -pointsize 22 50x25 -draw "text 310,420 'Text 2'" -font HelveticaNeueLTStd-Roman -pointsize 22 115x25 -draw "text 425,420 'Text 3'" result.png

But I get following error (cmd):

convert -debug annotate -size 720x576 -background none -fill white -stroke white -font HelveticaNeueLTStd-Roman -pointsize 22 90x25 -draw "text 160,420 'Test 1'" -font HelveticaNeueLTStd-Roman -pointsize 22 50x25 -draw "text 310,420 'Text 2'" -font HelveticaNeueLTStd-Roman -pointsize 22 115x25 -draw "text 425,420 'Text 3'" result.png
convert.exe: unable to open image `90x25': No such file or directory @ error/blob.c/OpenBlob/2702.
convert.exe: no decode delegate for this image format `' @ error/constitute.c/ReadImage/501.
convert.exe: unable to open image `50x25': No such file or directory @ error/blob.c/OpenBlob/2702.
convert.exe: no decode delegate for this image format `' @ error/constitute.c/ReadImage/501.
convert.exe: unable to open image `115x25': No such file or directory @ error/blob.c/OpenBlob/2702.
convert.exe: no decode delegate for this image format `' @ error/constitute.c/ReadImage/501.
convert.exe: no images defined `result.png' @ error/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/3252.


What I am doing wrong?

utbl wrote:-pointsize 22 90x25

This is incorrect syntax. "-pointsize" needs one argument, a number. But you also give "90x25". As there is no keyword, IM expects this to be an image, which it can't find.

Whoops I missed that I will correct that and try it again

snibgo I tried your suggestion so far, but I still get the errors.

You should paste the command as it now stands, and the errors. (Or at least the first error.)

Your command above doesn't create any images. I suppose "result.png" is a desired output file for an image, but there is no image.

utbl wrote:snibgo I tried your suggestion so far, but I still get the errors.

It looks like you're trying to "-draw" some text, but you don't have an image to draw it on. You set a canvas size with "-size ...", so maybe try creating a canvas by adding "xc:none" right after that "-size 720x576" setting.

Also, as long as your "-font" and "-pointsize" aren't changing from each block of text to the next, you only have to set those two before the first "-draw" operation.

In Windows syntax using ImageMagick 6.9.6, a command like this produces a transparent canvas with the "Test 1... 2... 3" applied...