Perhaps I spoke too soon.. I thought if I fixed printing to the console then it would then be passed correctly to ImageMagick for processing... 
use utf8;
use Encode 'encode';

my $str = "convert -size 100x25 -background white -fill black -pointsi
+ze 25 label:ÄÖÜß ÄÖÜß.gif\n";

print encode cp850 => $str;
system encode cp850 => $str;

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The console (now) correctly outputs the string I want to the console... 
convert -size 100x25 -background white -fill black -pointsize 25 label
+:ÄÖÜß ÄÖÜß.gif

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(This command simply creates a new image file called ÄÖÜß.gif with the text ÄÖÜß written as text in the image)
... however the file it create is named wrong and the content is wrong (both Ž™šá). If I type that command exactly on the command line it works. I can only assume that I'm getting the encoding confused as it passes from perl through the shell into ImageMagick?

I tried open a file handle with the mode set to "|-" to write directly to ImageMagick skipping the shell, but no dice. If you could impart some more wisdom, it would be appreciated.

Paul.

In reply to Re^2: Outputting Unicode to DOS by thekestrel
in thread Outputting Unicode to DOS by thekestrel

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