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Imagemagick and web fonts


Does anyone know if ImageMagick can be powered by a web font? (Or perhaps feed in via STD IN?) I tried the line below with no luck:

convert -fill black -font http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Diplomata+SC -pointsize 72 label:'Acme Dynamite Company, LLC' logo.png

My goal would be to let users choose a Google Web Font.


Solution

  • If you wget the GWF API, it returns a TTF url:

    $ wget -qO- "http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Diplomata+SC" | urlext2

    http://themes.googleusercontent.com/static/fonts/diplomatasc/v1/JdVwAwfE1a_pahXjk5qpNonF5uFdDttMLvmWuJdhhgs.ttf

    $