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
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On 26/01/07, dc <lister@pikkle.com> wrote:
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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David "DC" Collier
mailto:dc@pikkle.com
+81 (0)80 6521 9559
skype: callto://d3ntaku
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Pikkle 株式会社
http://www.pikkle.com
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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
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On 26/01/07, Farrel Lifson <farrel.lifson@gmail.com> wrote:
On 26/01/07, dc <lister@pikkle.com> wrote:
> 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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> David "DC" Collier
> mailto:dc@pikkle.com
> +81 (0)80 6521 9559
> skype: callto://d3ntaku
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> Pikkle 株式会社
> http://www.pikkle.com
> -------------------------------------------
>
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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