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Hi,
I am having an issue getting any text to render cleanly.

Convert( "-size=300x300","xc:white","-pointsize=12","-stroke=none","-font=c:\Windows\Fonts\ariblk.ttf", "-fill=black" ,"+antialias","-draw=text 10,50 'This is just a test'", output.jpg )


Also Tried

Convert( "-size=300x300","-quality=100","-density=366", "xc:white", "-stroke=none", "-fill=black", "-font=c:\Windows\Fonts\ariblk.ttf", "-pointsize=2","caption:This is just a test","-composite","-format=jpg",output)


IM v6.7.7.9 is running on Windows 7 and the code is written in VBScript. Any guidance would be much appreciated!

Thanks!
Mike

I think this has nothing to do with either Windows or VBScript. As stated on the webpage linked below, you should rather test any IM command in a CMD box before using it in VBScript. So if you type into a CMD box, the result will be the same. But using GIF as a format and leaving the +antialias option, the result will become much clearer: The text becomes blurry because it is rather tiny and you are using JPEG compression, which is not well suited for text.