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pbmtext

Render text as a PBM image.

TLDR

Render a single line of text as a PBM image

$ pbmtext "[Hello World!]" > [path/to/output.pbm]
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Render multiple lines of text as a PBM image
$ echo "[Hello\nWorld!]" | pbmtext > [path/to/output.pbm]
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Render text using a custom font supplied as a PBM file
$ pbmtext -font [path/to/font.pbm] "[Hello World!]" > [path/to/output.pbm]
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Specify the number of pixels between characters and lines
$ echo "[Hello\nWorld!]" | pbmtext -space [3] -lspace [10] > [path/to/output.pbm]
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