[magick-users] How to calculate size of the text in pixels to put text in a limited box (newbie)

[Anthony Thyssen]

"Andrei Stebakov" on  wrote...
| Hi,
| 
| If let's say I am given a limited box in which I should write some text
| "Hellow, ImageMagick!", how would I calculate font parameters (size etc) to
| make sure the text doesn't exceed the boundaries of the box? Can it be done
| from MagickWand?
| 
Don't!!!!!
First use the latest IM release (at least 6.3.2), which has both
auto-sized captions and labels.

If the box is 200x100 pixels use..

   convert -size 200x100 caption:'Hellow, ImageMagick!' text_image.gif

This will word wrap the image so the largest font size posible, which
fits the given space.  It is about 10 times slower and internally IM
does a lot of trial and error,  but it will work.

Just do NOT set a -pointsize,   or turn it off with  +pointsize.

See IM examples, Text to Image, Captions
   http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/text/#caption

With an image of your test, you can now overlay it into the limited
space.


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