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[Christof Lange <cce.zizkov AT volny.cz>]

On  8 Mar 07 at 18:19, keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org wrote:

>Image Magick - a package for display and interactive manipulation of 
>images for the X Window System.  It can draw text, lines, etc., convert
>formats, resize, rotate, crop, blur, add text, etc. 1.5MB package contains
>several programs.
>
>Netpbm does the same types of image manipulation CLI.  It can also print to
>epson or deskjet/laserjet style printers directly without gs (by converting
>to the printer's native format).  It can add text.

Sindi, Mikkel, 

I have just tested the DOS version of netpbm and I am really 
impressed.  It seems to have about the same abilities as Imagick, 
but is a lot smaller and faster. And it adds the direct output on the 
printer without gs. One thing, however I could not get to work 
properly: inserting text into a graphic file. Imagick (the DOS 
version) makes use of GS fonts, whereas netpbm requires BDF fonts. 
I found a few BDF fonts in my Slackware installation and on the web, 
but they are either non-proportional or very low quality. Do you know 
any place where (internationalized) BDF fonts with high resolution 
can be downloaded? Or is there a way to convert fonts with better 
quality to BDF format? 

Christof


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