Render text to images with this tiny command line tool. ~300k binary with no external dependencies. Useful for:
- Simple CAPTCHAs
- Spam resistant email display
- Rendering special fonts
echo "bob@email.com" | text2image > out.png
echo "bob@email.com" | text2image --height 64 --font font.ttf --invert --out text.png
tex2image --out OUTPUT --height HEIGHT --font TTF --invert
--out specify an output file instead of stdout.
--height specify height of text in pixels.
--font provide an alternative font file in TrueType format. (.ttf)
--invert draw white text on black background.
--help show the help text.
What if I need more features?
Look at ImageMagick.
What about just support for multiline text?
I am on the fence on this one. It could be easily done, but then I also have to do text alignment. If you have a compelling use case, tell me about it.
MIT License
Copyright (c) 2017 Justin Meiners
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