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pbmtextps — Render text as a PBM image using PostScript. See also: `pbmtext`. More information: <https://netpbm.

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Problem

How to use the pbmtextps command: Render text as a PBM image using PostScript. See also: pbmtext. More information: <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pbmtextps.html>.

Solution

pbmtextps — Render text as a PBM image using PostScript. See also: pbmtext. More information: <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pbmtextps.html>.

Render a single line of text as a PBM image:

pbmtextps "{{Hello World!}}" > {{path/to/output.pbm}}

Specify the font and font size:

pbmtextps -font {{Times-Roman}} -fontsize {{30}} "{{Hello World!}}" > {{path/to/output.pbm}}

Specify the desired left and top margins:

pbmtextps {{[-l|-leftmargin]}} {{70}} {{[-t|-topmargin]}} {{162}} "{{Hello World!}}" > {{path/to/output.pbm}}

Do not output the rendered text as a PBM image, but a PostScript program that would create this image:

pbmtextps {{[-du|-dump-ps]}} "{{Hello World!}}" > {{path/to/output.ps}}

Code Snippets

Render a single line of text as a PBM image

pbmtextps "{{Hello World!}}" > {{path/to/output.pbm}}

Specify the font and font size

pbmtextps -font {{Times-Roman}} -fontsize {{30}} "{{Hello World!}}" > {{path/to/output.pbm}}

Specify the desired left and top margins

pbmtextps {{[-l|-leftmargin]}} {{70}} {{[-t|-topmargin]}} {{162}} "{{Hello World!}}" > {{path/to/output.pbm}}

Do not output the rendered text as a PBM image, but a PostScript program that would create this image

pbmtextps {{[-du|-dump-ps]}} "{{Hello World!}}" > {{path/to/output.ps}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/pbmtextps

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