#!/usr/bin/perl # # annotate_words.pl # # Take the internal string, split it into words and try to annotate each # individual word correctly, so as to control spacing between the words # under program control. # # A demonstration of using QueryFontMetrics(), by passing it exactly the same # arguments as you would for Annotate(), to determine the location of the # text that is/was drawn. # # Example script from Zentara # http://zentara.net/Remember_How_Lucky_You_Are.html # use warnings; use strict; use Image::Magick; my $image = Image::Magick->new; $image->Set(size=>'500x200'); my $rc = $image->Read("xc:white"); my $str = 'Just Another Perl Hacker'; my (@words) = split ' ',$str; #print join "\n",@words,"\n"; my ($x,$y) = (50,50); foreach my $word (@words){ $image->Annotate(font=>'Generic.ttf', pointsize => 24, fill => '#000000ff', #last 2 digits transparency in hex ff=max text => $word, gravity => 'NorthWest', align => 'left', x => $x, y => $y, ); my ( $character_width,$character_height,$ascender,$descender,$text_width, $text_height,$maximum_horizontal_advance, $boundsx1, $boundsy1, $boundsx2, $boundsy2,$originx,$originy) = $image->QueryFontMetrics( pointsize => 24, text => $word, gravity => 'NorthWest', align => 'left', x => $x, y => $y, ); print "$word ( $character_width, $character_height, $ascender,$descender, $text_width, $text_height, $maximum_horizontal_advance, $boundsx1, $boundsy1, $boundsx2, $boundsy2, $originx,$originy)\n"; my $n = $x + $originx + $character_width/3; # add a space print "Next word at: $x + $originx + $character_width/3 => $n\n"; $x = $n; } $image->Write("show:"); exit;