The arguments are as follows: fgcolor Color index to draw the string in fontname A path to the TrueType (.ttf) font file or a font pattern. ptsize The desired point size (may be fractional) angle The rotation angle, in radians (positive values rotate counter clockwise) x,y X and Y coordinates to start drawing the string string The string itself If successful, the method returns an eight-element list giving the boundaries of the rendered string: @bounds[0,1] Lower left corner (x,y) @bounds[2,3] Lower right corner (x,y) @bounds[4,5] Upper right corner (x,y) @bounds[6,7] Upper left corner (x,y)