textImage

Below is a demonstration of the features of the textImage function

Contents

clear; close all; clc;

Syntax

[glyphImage]=textImage(textString,FontName,FontSize,padAmount);

Description

This creates image data containing text content with a desired size and font.

Examples

Plot settings

cMap=gray(250); %Colormap

Example: Using textImage to create an image with text

You can use listTrueTypeFonts to check what fonts are available on your machine

Settings

textString={'Text'}; %String to be rendered in image

Creating the text image

[M]=textImage(textString);

Visualizing the text image

cFigure;
imagesc(M);
axis equal; axis tight; grid off;
colormap(cMap); caxis([min(M(:)) max(M(:))]); colorbar;
drawnow;

Example: Using full set of inputs

You can use listTrueTypeFonts to check what fonts are available on your machine

Settings

textString={'Text'}; %String to be rendered in image
FontName='Arial'; %Font name
FontSize=25; %Font height in pixels
padAmount=20; %Pixels padded around string

Creating the text image

[M]=textImage(textString,FontName,FontSize,padAmount);

Visualizing the text image

cFigure;
imagesc(M);
axis equal; axis tight; grid off;
colormap(cMap); caxis([min(M(:)) max(M(:))]); colorbar;
drawnow;

Example: Use with cell inputs and text across multiple lines

You can use listTrueTypeFonts to check what fonts are available on your machine

Settings

textString={'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet',...
            'consectetur adipiscing elit, sed',...
            'do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut',...
            'labore et dolore magna aliqua.'}; %String to be rendered in image
FontName='Arial'; %Font name
FontSize=50; %Font height in pixels
padAmount=25; %Pixels padded around string

Creating the text image

[M]=textImage(textString,FontName,FontSize,padAmount);

Visualizing the text image

cFigure;
imagesc(M);
axis equal; axis tight; grid off;
colormap(cMap); caxis([min(M(:)) max(M(:))]); colorbar;
drawnow;

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