I'm using Image::Magick's Annotate() to write some text over a picture. But, the problem is that the text looks horrible. It writes fine and everything, but the font is all jagged and ugly. Anyone have any success in making Annotate() look good? 
use strict;
use warnings;

use Image::Magick;

my $label=Image::Magick->new(size=>"600x600",);
$label->Read("xc:white");
$label->Draw(primitive=>'line',points=>"300,100 300,500",stroke=>'#600
+');
$label->Draw(primitive=>'line',points=>"100,300 500,300",stroke=>'#600
+');
$label->Draw(primitive=>'rectangle',points=>"100,100 500,500",fill=>'n
+one', stroke=>'#600');
my $x = $label->Annotate(
    text=>"North West",
    x=>50,
    y=>50,
    pointsize=>40,
    font=>'C:\WINNT\Fonts\times.ttf',
);

die "$x" if "$x";

$label->Write("annot.png");

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(Most of the code is from the annotate.pl test in PerlMagick.)

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In reply to Image::Magick Annotate() doesn't look good by dragonchild

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