[magick-users] Merging EPS files

[Gabe Schaffer]

On 9/29/07, Chon Tang <chon.tang at gmail.com> wrote:

> My *goal* is to be able to automatically generate high-quality vector
> graphics.  I have a standard template ("My name is XXXX" for example) in
> EPS, and I want to be able to fill in the templates with 4 characters, each
> individually stored as EPS files.

> Or should I really be trying to figure out how to modify the EPS files
> directly to do what I want, and skip IM entirely?

Yes. IM does not work with vectors, so any output you get is going to
be rasterized. Ideally you would use a program that understands EPS
and knows how to manipulate it in vector format. I could write a
program to do this task with Illustrator, but that's severe overkill
for your application.

GNS