[magick-users] Making a Drop Shadow Text Image

[Robert Parker]

Hello,

I just read the thread on 'Adding text to an image' and it has inspired me
to want to create a drop shadow text image using a script. Both the value of
text and its color will be parameters to the script. The background of the
final image is to be transparent.

To that end I need to learn the following:
1. What parameters may I use to 'xc:'?
2. Once I have a text on a suitable background how can I determine the
bounding box for the text and cut the image to that size?
3. If I can do step 2 then I can create the same text in say a dark gray for
the shadow. How do I apply a small guassian blur to the shadow image?

Thanks,
Bob
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