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cristy307ba182010-12-25 01:00:34 +0000177<h1>Module annotate
178 Methods</h1>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000179<p class="navigation-index">[<a href="#AnnotateImage">AnnotateImage</a> &bull; <a href="#FormatMagickCaption">FormatMagickCaption</a> &bull; <a href="#GetMultilineTypeMetrics">GetMultilineTypeMetrics</a> &bull; <a href="#GetTypeMetrics">GetTypeMetrics</a>]</p>
180
181<h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/annotate
182_8c.html" target="source" name="AnnotateImage">AnnotateImage</a></h2>
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184
185<p>AnnotateImage() annotates an image with text. Optionally you can include any of the following bits of information about the image by embedding the appropriate special characters:</p>
186
187<pre class="text">
188 b file size in bytes.
189 c comment.
190 d directory in which the image resides.
191 e extension of the image file.
192 f original filename of the image.
193 h height of image.
194 i filename of the image.
195 k number of unique colors.
196 l image label.
197 m image file format.
198 n number of images in a image sequence.
199 o output image filename.
200 p page number of the image.
201 q image depth (8 or 16).
202 q image depth (8 or 16).
203 s image scene number.
204 t image filename without any extension.
205 u a unique temporary filename.
206 w image width.
207 x x resolution of the image.
208 y y resolution of the image.
209</pre>
210
211<p>The format of the AnnotateImage method is:</p>
212
213<pre class="code">
214 MagickBooleanType AnnotateImage(Image *image,DrawInfo *draw_info)
215</pre>
216
217<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p></ol>
218
219<h5>image</h5>
220<ol><p>the image.</p></ol>
221
222<h5>draw_info</h5>
223<ol><p>the draw info.</p></ol>
224
225 </div>
226<h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/annotate
227_8c.html" target="source" name="FormatMagickCaption">FormatMagickCaption</a></h2>
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229
230<p>FormatMagickCaption() formats a caption so that it fits within the image width. It returns the number of lines in the formatted caption.</p></ol>
231
232<p>The format of the FormatMagickCaption method is:</p>
233
234<pre class="code">
cristybb503372010-05-27 20:51:26 +0000235 ssize_t FormatMagickCaption(Image *image,DrawInfo *draw_info,
cristyd0bd44a2010-09-24 12:38:11 +0000236 const MagickBooleanType split,TypeMetric *metrics,char **caption)
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000237</pre>
238
239<p>A description of each parameter follows.</p></ol>
240
241<h5>image</h5>
242<ol><p>The image.</p></ol>
243
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000244<h5>draw_info</h5>
245<ol><p>the draw info.</p></ol>
246
cristyd0bd44a2010-09-24 12:38:11 +0000247<h5>split</h5>
248<ol><p>when no convenient line breaks-- insert newline.</p></ol>
249
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000250<h5>metrics</h5>
251<ol><p>Return the font metrics in this structure.</p></ol>
252
cristyd0bd44a2010-09-24 12:38:11 +0000253<h5>caption</h5>
254<ol><p>the caption.</p></ol>
255
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000256 </div>
257<h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/annotate
258_8c.html" target="source" name="GetMultilineTypeMetrics">GetMultilineTypeMetrics</a></h2>
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260
261<p>GetMultilineTypeMetrics() returns the following information for the specified font and text:</p>
262
263<pre class="text">
264 character width
265 character height
266 ascender
267 descender
268 text width
269 text height
270 maximum horizontal advance
271 bounds: x1
272 bounds: y1
273 bounds: x2
274 bounds: y2
275 origin: x
276 origin: y
277 underline position
278 underline thickness
279</pre>
280
281<p>This method is like GetTypeMetrics() but it returns the maximum text width and height for multiple lines of text.</p></ol>
282
283<p>The format of the GetMultilineTypeMetrics method is:</p>
284
285<pre class="code">
286 MagickBooleanType GetMultilineTypeMetrics(Image *image,
287 const DrawInfo *draw_info,TypeMetric *metrics)
288</pre>
289
290<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p></ol>
291
292<h5>image</h5>
293<ol><p>the image.</p></ol>
294
295<h5>draw_info</h5>
296<ol><p>the draw info.</p></ol>
297
298<h5>metrics</h5>
299<ol><p>Return the font metrics in this structure.</p></ol>
300
301 </div>
302<h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/annotate
303_8c.html" target="source" name="GetTypeMetrics">GetTypeMetrics</a></h2>
304<div class="doc-section">
305
306<p>GetTypeMetrics() returns the following information for the specified font and text:</p>
307
308<pre class="text">
309 character width
310 character height
311 ascender
312 descender
313 text width
314 text height
315 maximum horizontal advance
316 bounds: x1
317 bounds: y1
318 bounds: x2
319 bounds: y2
320 origin: x
321 origin: y
322 underline position
323 underline thickness
324</pre>
325
326<p>The format of the GetTypeMetrics method is:</p>
327
328<pre class="code">
329 MagickBooleanType GetTypeMetrics(Image *image,const DrawInfo *draw_info,
330 TypeMetric *metrics)
331</pre>
332
333<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p></ol>
334
335<h5>image</h5>
336<ol><p>the image.</p></ol>
337
338<h5>draw_info</h5>
339<ol><p>the draw info.</p></ol>
340
341<h5>metrics</h5>
342<ol><p>Return the font metrics in this structure.</p></ol>
343
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