Re: Create a .jpg from text...
Re: Create a .jpg from text...
- Subject: Re: Create a .jpg from text...
- From: Doug McNutt <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 11:12:58 -0700
From: <http://www.robsworld.org/pbmtopng.html>
echo my_text | pbmtext | pnmcrop | pnmpad -white - right - 2 - left 2 > somefile
>The 'echo' command is a common unix command, found on virtually any machine running a flavor of Unix. You may need to download, compile, or install the next three piped commands (pbmtext, pnmcrop, pnmpad). The output is redirected to a named graphic file.
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>After creating the portable bit mapped graphic, you'll need to convert it into a web ready image format. I use the PNG format; it incorporates a transparency effect, and has no licensing issues.
pnmtopng somefile > myresult.png
>The 'pnmtopng' command may need to be downloaded, compiled, or installed on your system. The -text option allows you to embed some comments in the image. You'll need to create a text file using a texteditor in order to make use of this option (I used TextEdit 1.2 (v185) for Mac). At the end of the command, you can see that I've redirected the output to a named .png graphic file. You should probably proof/view the images using an image viewer. I used GraphicConverter 4.5.2.
There is also a pnmtojpg (pnm2jpg) but it's not Linux freeware like the rest and it may be Windoze only.
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