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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Fri, 9 Mar 2007, Christof Lange wrote:

> 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

ppmlabel - Add text to an image 
ppmdraw - Draw text, lines, shapes, etc. on an image (from a file or the 
screen).

I forwarded your question to someone who has compiled DOS netpbm and also 
to the maintainer of netpbm.  I also sent him the link to Mikkel's 
po-netpbm page.

Sindi