Re: A couple font questions...

Well, that's the problem. I already have a specific font I
need to use
- and it's not inherently a small caps font. I can't use
another font,
it's a branding thing. But Photoshop can fake the small caps
with just
one button. I'm wondering if there's any way to do the same
trick in
IM.

I suppose it would take measuring the width of the initial
letter, and
then adding the rest of the word at a smaller font size an
appropriate
distance to the right, then doing the same for the next
word, etc.
Didn't know if there was a less painful way to accomplish
it.

drew


On 7/23/05, Ron Savage <ronsavage.net.au> wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 13:05:01 -0500, Drew Gilmore wrote:
> 
> Hi Drew
> 
> >> 1) Is there a way to generate 'small caps'?
That is, with lower
> >> case letters just smaller versions of
capitals? It can be done in
> >> Photoshop, but of course I'd rather use IM for
this job.
> 
> I think the first step is that you (or someone) must
identify a font containing
> small caps.
> 
> Then, can this font be used with Image::Magick?
> 
> With that, the rest will be easy.
>

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On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 19:32:35 -0500, Drew Gilmore wrote:

Hi Drew

> Well, that's the problem. I already have a specific
font I need to
> use - and it's not inherently a small caps font. I
can't use
> another font, it's a branding thing. But Photoshop can
fake the
> small caps with just one button. I'm wondering if
there's any way
> to do the same trick in IM.

Well, that makes it much clearer although (nothing personal)
it's nonsensical to 
insist on a font which does /not/ contain the characters you
wish to display 
).

> I suppose it would take measuring the width of the
initial letter,
> and then adding the rest of the word at a smaller font
size an
> appropriate distance to the right, then doing the same
for the next
> word, etc. Didn't know if there was a less painful way
to
> accomplish it.

I don't know of any other way. It would be nice if you did
this in such a way 
the resulting code was worth putting on CPAN...
-- 
Cheers
Ron Savage, ronsavage.net.au on 24/07/2005
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