m17n-dump(1) The m17n Library m17n-dump(1)
NAME
m17n-dump - dump text image
SYNOPSIS
m17n-dump [ OPTION ... ] [ FILE ]
DESCRIPTION
Dump a text as PNG image file.
The PNG file is written to a file created in the current directory with
the name 'BASE.png' where BASE is the basename of FILE. If FILE is
omitted, text is read from standard input, and the image is dumped into
the file 'output.png'.
The following OPTIONs are available.
• -s SIZE
SIZE is the font size in point. The default font size is 12 point.
• -d DPI
DPI is the resolution in dots per inch. The default resolution is 300
dpi.
• -p PAPER
PAPER is the paper size: a4, a4r, a5, a5r, b5, b5r, letter, WxH, or W.
In the case of WxH, W and H are the width and height in millimeter. In
the case of W, W is the width in millimeter. If this option is
specified, PAPER limits the image size. If FILE is too large for a
single page, multiple files with the names 'BASE.01.png', 'BASE.02.png',
etc. are created.
• -m MARGIN
MARGIN is the horizontal and vertical margin in millimeter. The default
margin is 20 mm. It is ignored when PAPER is not specified.
• -c POS
POS is the character position of cursor to draw. By default, cursor is
not drawn.
• -x
FILE is assumed to be an XML file generated by the serialize facility of
the m17n library, and FILE is deserialized before an image is created.
• -w
Each line is broken at word boundary.
• -f FILTER
FILTER is a string containing a shell command line. If this option is
specified, the PNG image is not written info a file but is given to
FILTER as standard input. If FILTER contains '%s', that part is replaced
by a basename of FILE. So, the default behaviour is the same as
specifying 'cat >
%s.png' as FILTER.
If FILTER is just '-', the PNG image is written to stdout.
• -a
Enable anti-alias drawing.
• --family FAMILY
Prefer a font whose family name is FAMILY.
• --language LANG
Prefer a font specified for the language LANG. LANG must be a 2-letter
code of ISO 630 (e.g. 'en' for English).
• -fg FOREGROUND
Specify the text color. The supported color names are those of HTML 4.0
and '#RRGGBB' notation.
• -bg BACKGROUND
Specify the background color. The supported color names are the same as
FOREGROUND, except that if 'transparent' is specified, make the
background transparent.
• -r
Specify that the orientation of the text is right-to-left.
• -q
Quiet mode. Don't print any messages.
• --version
Print the version number.
• -h, --help
Print this message.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2001 Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA)
Copyright (C) 2001-2011 National Institute of Advanced Industrial
Science and Technology (AIST)
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html>.
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