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fonts suitable for 8 points ?
Posted: 2007-07-07T11:14:38-07:00
by McRib
When I use
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convert -size 100x65 xc:lightblue -font Courier -pointsize 8 \
-annotate +0+8 "$OUTPUT" -depth 1 lala.bmp
I am getting an aliased font that is pretty unreadable. I am looking for something that displays w/o aliasing and uses 1-pixel-lines for the characters since they will be displayed on a LCD...
Is there a way to see to which fonts Imagemagick already has access to (list fonts) ?
Re: fonts suitable for 8 points ?
Posted: 2007-07-07T11:52:45-07:00
by magick
Re: fonts suitable for 8 points ?
Posted: 2007-07-07T13:52:22-07:00
by McRib
thanks: the command works. But it looks as if I have only Courier as monospaced/fixed width font. It looks usable in 8pt. Where would I get suitable fonts ?
Re: fonts suitable for 8 points ?
Posted: 2007-07-07T14:27:27-07:00
by Bonzo
To use a special font upload it to your site and specify the path in the code e.g.
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convert -size 100x65 xc:lightblue -font Arial.ttf -pointsize 8 \
-annotate +0+8 "$OUTPUT" -depth 1 lala.bmp
Re: fonts suitable for 8 points ?
Posted: 2007-07-08T22:42:17-07:00
by McRib
can imagemagic handle pixel/non-vector fonts ?
where would I get them ?
Re: fonts suitable for 8 points ?
Posted: 2007-07-08T23:40:44-07:00
by anthony
The only alturnative is some type of bitmap font.
At the moment the only bitmaped fonts that I know IM can use is from an X windows display. Unfortunatally that only seems to work from terminal runnings some type of X window display IM can pull the font from.
I do not know of a way to use a X windows bitmap font without using a X window display, (even a virtual one). ;-(
Does anyone known how you can use a bitmap font without using a running X server.
For example a PCF or BDF font?
Re: fonts suitable for 8 points ?
Posted: 2007-07-10T03:28:36-07:00
by McRib
Are there any other bitmap fonts Imagemagick can use ?