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d.text.freetype.1grass

NAME

d.text.freetype

DESCRIPTION

d.text.freetype draws text in the graphics monitor's active display frame using TrueType fonts already installed on the user's system.

Parameter Notes:

east_north=easting,northing

Locates the text at these map coordinates. If this option is omitted, the user will be prompted to use the mouse to specify the location.

font=name

Specifies a font listed in the GRASS 'freetypecap' definition file.

charset=name

Sets character encoding for input text. (e.g. ISO-8859-1)

color=name

Sets text color to name or R:G:B triplet. It can also be a hexadecimal value of 0xRRGGBB (deprecated).
Options: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, gray, white, and black
Default: gray

size=value

Sets text height in percent of available frame height.
Default: 10

align=name

Aligns text in this way.
Options: ll, lc, lr, cl, cc, cr, ul, uc, ur
l?: Lower, c?: Vertically Centered, u?: Upper,
?l: Left, ?c: Horizontally Centered, ?r: Right
Default: ll (Lower Left)

Command mode:

Key

{REQUIRED}

[OPTIONAL]

THIS|orTHAT

+, -

Relative value

r, %, p

Radian, Percentage, and Pixels respectively

Commands

.F {font|path}[:charset] font

.C {color_name|R:G:B} color (default: gray)

.S [+|-]size[p] size (default: 5)

.B {0|1} bold (default: 0)

.A {ll|lc|lr|cl|cc|cr|ul|uc|ur} align (default: ll)

.R [+|-]rotation[r] rotation (default: 0)

.I linespacing linespacing (default: 1.1)

.X [+|-]x[%|p] x-coord

.Y [+|-]y[%|p] y-coord

.L {0|1} linefeed (default: 1)

.E [+|-]east[%|p] x-origin

.N [+|-]north[%|p] y-origin

.. dot

To end input, press Ctrl-d on a blank line.

EXAMPLES

Standard mode:

d.text.freetype text="GRASS GIS" east_north=2107055,5603133 \
size=7 path=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/luximb.ttf

Command mode:

The following example prints three lines: "GRASS d.text.freetype output", "See test.input file", and "for more details.".

d.text.freetype -c

GRASS d.text.freetype output See test.input file for more details.

Command mode instructions may also be read directly from a text file:
d.text.freetype -c < test.input

DEFINITION FILE

To help users select fonts conveniently, the definition file, $(GISBASE)/etc/freetypecap, is provided. Its format is as follows:
       font:fontpath:charset:description

       *default_font:fontpath:charset:description

See the file for examples.

SEE ALSO

d.text
d.font.freetype
d.font
d.title
d.where

AUTHOR

Huidae Cho grass4u@gmail.com>

Updates by Hamish Bowman, NZ

Last changed: $Date: 2006/09/02 07:42:21 $

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