In GrandFather's code there did appear this: 

  my ($x_ppem, $y_ppem, $ascender, $descender, $width, $height, $max_a
+dvance) =
  $overL->QueryFontMetrics
    (
    pointsize => $points,
    text => "$overText",
    '@C:/WINDOWS/Fonts/times.ttf', # Omit for default font
    );

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In order to enhance portability I would suggest a mild wrapper around the font -finding parameter (untested as of this posting): 

  my $mswinpath;
  my $fontpath = ($mswinpath = $ENV{SYSTEMDIR} || $ENV{WINDIR})
                  ? q[@]. $mswinpath .q[/Fonts/times.ttf]
                  : q[times];
  $fontpath =~ tr:\\:/:s;

  my ($x_ppem, $y_ppem, $ascender, $descender, $width, $height, $max_a
+dvance) =
  $overL->QueryFontMetrics
    (
    pointsize => $points,
    text => "$overText",
    $fontpath
    );

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I'm not certain that 'times' is a valid font specifier on X11 (*nix) systems, but I suspect that it will work fairly widely.

    Soren A / somian / perlspinr / Intrepid

In reply to Re: Generate thumbnail and small overstruck images for web publication by Intrepid
in thread Generate thumbnail and small overstruck images for web publication by GrandFather

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