rendering bitmap fonts from ruby

[dc]

hi!

i need to generate some bitmap headlines + was wondering if there are
any ruby libraries for rendering type to bitmaps?

we have a mixed linux/os-x environment, and getting rmagick running
for everyone looks like a bunch of work. are there any more quick
install gems out there that have less functionality but will allow me
to render a headline in a font + size of my choice to a bitmap (JPG
ideally)?

whats the word on GD library vs imagemagick vis-a-vis playing nice with ruby?

thanks!

/dc

 

[Farrel Lifson]

hi!

i need to generate some bitmap headlines + was wondering if there are
any ruby libraries for rendering type to bitmaps?

we have a mixed linux/os-x environment, and getting rmagick running
for everyone looks like a bunch of work. are there any more quick
install gems out there that have less functionality but will allow me
to render a headline in a font + size of my choice to a bitmap (JPG
ideally)?

whats the word on GD library vs imagemagick vis-a-vis playing nice with ruby?

thanks!

/dc
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Although I haven't used it (but I've looked through the docs) RMagick
(Ruby bindings for ImageMagick) seems to be really nice to work with.

Farrel

 

[dc]

indeed rmagick looks good, but the install for both mac + linux looks
like a couple hours work. i need to keep a half-dozen different
servers + environments working for this project, (developers in
different countries/OSs) so really looking for something much simpler.

eg a pure ruby library that would just render type to bitmaps...

/dc

Although I haven't used it (but I've looked through the docs) RMagick
(Ruby bindings for ImageMagick) seems to be really nice to work with.

Farrel

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