How to convert text stored in a Julia string to an image of given size? For example, let’s say we are given the word “Julia”, how can we generate the logo with WIDTHxHEIGHT pixels?
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Use a plotting package or Luxor.jl?
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If you just want text over an image, ImageView.jl has an annotation API.
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@mkborregaard, thanks for sharing Luxor.jl, it looks awesome.
@dfdx, the annotation API is very helpful, will play with it, thanks.
Yes, it’s great - and it has a julialogo function to draw the julia logo (which I know isn’t what you were after but still cool 
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Wow Luxor.jl is so stupid amazing! But boy dojulianshateunderscores…
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I had to stop using underscores when I used Mathematica (they’re not allowed in variable names). I had to stop using hyphens when I stopped using Lisp. I’m getting used to the “join words when readable” style.
I missed these ones, though:
douglas_peucker()
intersection_line_circle()
paint_with_alpha()
paper_sizes()
saved_colors
#gettingusedtonotusingunderscores
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lol … oh man it will hurt when we have to do intersectionlinecircle() Thanks so much for Luxor.jl. Been losing my mind using it lately. Love it so much. I have been thinking about trying to have it write to a Gtk.jl canvas, I haven’t looked at the code, but being based on Cairo do you think this would be feasible for a mortal to implement?
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It might be possible. It is very un-interactive, I agree. I tread very warily in Cairo waters, and avoid them whenever possible…
Personally I tend to focus on a simpler UI and larger and more static graphics. I think Julia should definitely offer interactive graphics, and projects such as gtkreactive and glvisualize are probably where the future is.
It’s possible, i have done this locally. I added functions to access the surface in the Luxor currentdrawing and attaching to the surface from the context in a Gtk canvas shouldn’t be problem (read as: i had a plan to do it, but got distracted by other problems, mainly v0.6 in Cairo).
sweetness! That is what I figured, from a memory long ago of working with Cairo. I will see if I can put something together!
the unregistered https://github.com/JuliaGraphics/FreeTypeAbstraction.jl can draw text into a matrix.
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Thank you @bjarthur, one more package to add to the collection.