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nrj
nrj

Reputation: 1721

RoR: How to create a dynamic text image with a specific font

What I am looking for is some sample code, preferably Ruby on Rails, on how to dynamically create an image containing text in a specific font.

Basically I want to create a URL like this:

/api/text_as_image?font=futura&text=foo

And have it return an image containing the text "foo" in the font "futura". I know this can be done with ImageMagick, just can't seem to figure it out. Any help is appreciated.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 2955

Answers (1)

Spencer
Spencer

Reputation: 51

Check out the magick_title gem:

Here's the basic usage:

# this could come from your form
params[:magick_title] = { :font_size => 24, :color => '#ff0000' }

# Then in your controller 
MagickTitle.say("Hello!", params[:magick_image]).to_html

Upvotes: 5

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