commands.sh

pbmtext

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Render text as a PBM image. See also: `pbmtextps`.

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Options (3)

-fboolean

Render text using a custom font supplied as a PBM file

Example: pbmtext {{[-f|-font]}} {{path/to/font.pbm}} "{{Hello World!}}" > {{path/to/output.pbm}}
-sboolean

Specify the number of pixels between characters and lines

Example: echo "{{Hello\nWorld!}}" | pbmtext {{[-s|-space]}} {{3}} {{[-ls|-lspace]}} {{10}} > {{path/to/output.pbm}}
boolean

Specify the number of pixels between characters and lines

Example: echo "{{Hello\nWorld!}}" | pbmtext {{[-s|-space]}} {{3}} {{[-ls|-lspace]}} {{10}} > {{path/to/output.pbm}}

Examples (4)

Render a single line of text as a PBM image

pbmtext "Hello World!" > path/to/output.pbm

Render multiple lines of text as a PBM image

echo "Hello\nWorld!" | pbmtext > path/to/output.pbm

Render text using a custom font supplied as a PBM file

pbmtext [-f|-font] path/to/font.pbm "Hello World!" > path/to/output.pbm

Specify the number of pixels between characters and lines

echo "Hello\nWorld!" | pbmtext [-s|-space] 3 [-ls|-lspace] 10 > path/to/output.pbm
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