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NAME

d.text - Draws text in the active display frame on the graphics monitor using the current font.

KEYWORDS

display, cartography

SYNOPSIS

d.text
d.text help
d.text [-mpgbrsc] [text=string] [size=float] [color=string] [bgcolor=string] [line=integer] [at=x,y] [align=string] [rotation=float] [linespacing=float] [font=string] [path=string] [charset=string] [--verbose] [--quiet]

Flags:

-m
Use mouse to interactively place text
-p
Screen position in pixels ([0,0] is top left)
-g
Screen position in geographic coordinates
-b
Use bold text
-r
Use radians instead of degrees for rotation
-s
Font size is height in pixels
-c
Ignored (compatibility with d.text.freetype)
--verbose
Verbose module output
--quiet
Quiet module output

Parameters:

text=string
Text to display
size=float
Height of letters in percentage of available frame height
Options: 0-100
Default: 5
color=string
Text color, either a standard GRASS color or R:G:B triplet
Default: gray
bgcolor=string
Text background color, either a standard GRASS color or R:G:B triplet
line=integer
The screen line number on which text will begin to be drawn
Options: 1-1000
at=x,y
Screen position at which text will begin to be drawn (percentage, [0,0] is lower left)
align=string
Text alignment
Options: ll,lc,lr,cl,cc,cr,ul,uc,ur
Default: ll
rotation=float
Rotation angle in degrees (counter-clockwise)
Default: 0
linespacing=float
Line spacing
Default: 1.25
font=string
Font name
path=string
Path to font file
charset=string
Text encoding (only applicable to TrueType fonts)

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:

at=x,y
Locates the text at this screen position (percentage, [0,0] is bottom left). 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" -g at=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
.F /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/luximb.ttf:ISO-8859-1
.S 20p
.L 0
GRASS 
.C red
 d.text.freetype
.C gray
 output
.L 1
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: 2011-11-08 03:29:50 -0800 (Tue, 08 Nov 2011) $


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