Create a graphical output of the fonts

[myspacee]

Hello,
at job, we host internally more than 3000 fonts taken from differents typographies.
Typographies want to take only needed fonts from others, so server host fonts and users pick only needed.
All fine.

I want to create a graphical preview for given fonts folders, without install them on my Windows server.

Find nice PHP script here : http://www.rubblewebs.co.uk/imagemagick ... /fonts.php
But understand that it returns 'only' installed fonts. I've one directory for every typography
so i wanto to show, with an image, a preview for every fonts.

Anyone can help me with some hints?

thank you,
m.

[snibgo]

I don't understand the question. IM can read ttf font files, even if they are not installed. For example:

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convert -size 500x200 xc: -gravity center -pointsize 50 -font "one-stroke-script.ttf" -annotate 0 "Hello world" hw.png

A script could find what font files are on your computer, and use a command like this to create a sample.

[Bonzo]

You could use glob() to build an array of all the fonts in a folder and then loop over that using snibgo's command above replacing "one-stroke-script.ttf" with the font name.

[myspacee]

Ok, for fonts different than ttf?

[Bonzo]

I can not remember what fonts IM supports but a quick Google search turned up this post

[myspacee]

Try in next days,
quick google search take me here : http://www.rubblewebs.co.uk/imagemagick ... /fonts.php
http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/med ... ent_font_1

any official faq/doc can reply this question?

Thank you,
M.