pbmtextps(1)

NAME

   pbmtextps - render text into a bitmap via postscript

SYNOPSIS

   pbmtextps    [-font   fontfile]   [-fontsize   fontsize]   [-resolution
   resolution] [-stroke strokesize] [-verbose [text]

DESCRIPTION

   pbmtextps takes a single line of text from the command line and renders
   it into a PBM image.

   The image is cropped at the top and the right. It is not cropped at the
   left or bottom so that the text begins at the same position relative to
   the origin. You can use pnmcrop to crop it all the way.

OPTIONS

   -font  By default, pbmtextps uses TimesRoman.  You can specify the font
          to use with the -font option. This is  the  name  of  any  valid
          postscript font which is installed on your system.

   -fontsize
          Size   of  font  in  points.  See  the  -resolution  option  for
          information on how to interpret this size.

          Default is 24 points.

   -resolution
          Resolution in dots per inch of distance measurements  pertaining
          to  generation  of the image. PBM images don't have any inherent
          resolution, so a distance such as "1 inch" doesn't mean anything
          unless  you  separately  specify  what resolution you're talking
          about. That's what this option does.

          In particular, the meaning of the font  size  is  determined  by
          this  resolution.  If  the  font  size  is  24  points  and  the
          resolution is 150 dpi, then the font size is 50 pixels.

          Default is 150 dpi.

   -stroke
          Width of line to use for stroke font. There is no default stroke
          width because the letters are solid by default.

USAGE

   See pbmtext for usage examples.

SEE ALSO

   pbmtext(1),    pnmcut(1),    pnmcrop(1),    pnmcomp(1),   ppmchange(1),
   pnmrotate(1), ppmlabel(1), pbm(5)

AUTHOR

   Copyright (C) 2002 by James McCann

                            02 January 2003                   pbmtextps(1)

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