texted

Convert raw text to beautiful pixel data.

This script uses PIL to translate text into images.

Usage

• See texted --help for all options with default values

• Text can be read from a pipe

    printf "some text" | texted - image.png

• Image data can be written into a pipe

  • When using a pipe, the output format is PNG

    texted text.txt - > image.png

• Fonts can be specified by name or by full path

    texted text.txt image.png --font 'Helvetica'

    texted text.txt image.png --font  /System/Library/Fonts/Helvetica.ttc

• Colors (-bg, -fg) may be passed in various forms (all lines define a yellow background, some with alpha)

    texted text.txt image.png -bg '#ff0'
    texted text.txt image.png -bg '#ff0f'
    texted text.txt image.png -bg '#ffff00'
    texted text.txt image.png -bg '#ffff00ff'
    texted text.txt image.png -bg 'rgb(255,255,0)'
    texted text.txt image.png -bg 'rgb(100%,100%,0%)'
    texted text.txt image.png -bg 'rgba(255,255,0,255)'
    texted text.txt image.png -bg 'hsl(60,100%,50%)'
    texted text.txt image.png -bg 'hsv(60,100%,100%)'
    texted text.txt image.png -bg 'yellow'