[magick-users] Problem with fonts on Linux

[Glen Lee Edwards]

Andrew,

I had a similar problem, different error message: the error message stated 
that the specific ghostscript font was not available.  I had to create a link 
from /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts (where imagemagick was looking) 
to /usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts (where Woody keeps them).  

Glen



On Friday 09 February 2007 12:02, magick-users-request at imagemagick.org wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to put a text on an image like this:
> convert -fill black -draw "text 10, 10 '`date`'" test1.jpg test2.jpg
>
> I got a message:
> convert: FreeType library is not available `(null)'.
>
> My output image looks like an original.
> Is there something I should do to make it work? I got ms fonts installed,
> can I make them work?
> My system is Debian Woody.
>
> Thank you,
> Andrew