Build svg path data from font file
Using by freetype API
$ text2svg "Hello, World\!" --font="/Library/Fonts/Times New Roman.ttf" > test.svg && open test.svg -a /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app
$ text2svg --help
Usage: text2svg [options]
-f, --font FONT font file path (require)
--text-align ALIGN text align left,right or center (default left)
--encoding ENCODING input text encoding (default utf-8)
--bold embolden outline (default false)
--italic oblique outline (default false)
--option STRING decorate options (default nil)(e.g. fill="red" stroke-width="100")
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'text2svg'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install text2svg
- libfreetype
see also http://www.freetype.org/
After checking out the repo, run bin/setup
to install dependencies. You can also run bin/console
for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install
. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb
, and then run bundle exec rake release
, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem
file to rubygems.org.
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/[USERNAME]/text2svg. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.