Imagemagick antialias text - imagemagick

Question

photoshop has strong anti-alias text effect.
Although imagemagick has anti-alias option. but, does not have anti-alias type like photoshop.
is there any way to get similar strong anti-alias text effect with imagemagick ?

Answer 1

It's not a perfect solution (I'm just learning this myself) but it will get you close: You can print the text larger and add a stroke at whatever size you choose then shrink it down after. Example code:
$template_file= "blank.png"; // a transparent png
$template_blob = file_get_contents($template_file);
$width = 100;
$height = 50;
$mult = 6;
$template = new imagick();
$template->readImageBlob($template_blob);
$template->setImageDepth(8);
$template->setCompressionQuality(100);
$template->setCompression(Imagick::COMPRESSION_NO);
$template->setImageFormat("png");
$points = array(
$mult, //scale by which you enlarge it
0 //# rotate
);
$template->distortImage( imagick::DISTORTION_SCALEROTATETRANSLATE, $points, TRUE );
$color = '#000000';
$draw = new ImagickDraw();
$pixel = new ImagickPixel('none');
$draw->setFont('Arial.ttf');
$draw->setFontSize($font_size*$mult);
$draw->setFillColor($color);
$draw->setStrokeColor($color);
$draw->setStrokeWidth(1);
$draw->setStrokeAntialias(true);
$draw->setTextAntialias(true);
$draw->settextkerning($mult); // adjust the kerning if you like
$template->annotateImage($draw, $x_indent, $y_indent, $some_angle, $text);
$points = array(
1/$mult, // set it back to the original scale
0 // rotate
);
$template->distortImage( imagick::DISTORTION_SCALEROTATETRANSLATE, $points, TRUE );
//Do something with the $template here like:
$template->writeImage("test.png");
$template->clear();
$template->destroy();
$draw->clear();
$draw->destroy();