Using text in IM is always a crapshoot for me.  I'm using OS X Tiger and IM  
6.3.2 Q16.  I seem to have very few ghostscript fonts.  Experimenting with one 
of Anthony's forum responses (create neon text) I typed in:

convert -fill dodgerblue -background black -font Anaconda -pointsize 48 label:' 
IM examples ' -bordercolor black -border 20x20\( +clone -blur 0x15 -evaluate 
multiply 2 \) -compose screen -composite IM_Neon.gif

I got an error message:
convert: unable to read font `Anaconda'.
convert: FreeTypeLibraryIsNotAvailable 
`/usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019003l.pfb'.

So I changed the font to Helvetica and got the same error message: 

convert: FreeTypeLibraryIsNotAvailable 
`/usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019003l.pfb'.

So I peeked inside n0190031.pfb and found it is empty.  Then I peeked inside 
fonts.dir and used one of the fonts I found there (Gothic).  Same error message.

convert -list type
tells me I have Helvetica but curiously seems to be aimed at a different 
library:
Path: /usr/local/lib/ImageMagick-6.3.2/config/type-ghostscript.xml

Is this a compile error?  Can I fill n0190031.pfb with whatever IM is looking 
for?


Tom



 
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