d.text.freetype1grass

Parameter Notes:

at=x,y

Locates the text at this screen position (percentage, [0,0] is bottom left). If this option is omitted, the user will be prompted to use the mouse to specify the location.

font=name

Specifies a font listed in the GRASS 'freetypecap' definition file.

charset=name

Sets character encoding for input text. (e.g. ISO-8859-1)

color=name

Sets text color to name or R:G:B triplet. It can also be a hexadecimal value of 0xRRGGBB (deprecated).
Options: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, gray, white, and black
Default: gray

size=value

Sets text height in percent of available frame height.
Default: 10

align=name

Aligns text in this way.
Options: ll, lc, lr, cl, cc, cr, ul, uc, ur
l?: Lower, c?: Vertically Centered, u?: Upper,
?l: Left, ?c: Horizontally Centered, ?r: Right
Default: ll (Lower Left)

Command mode:

Key

{REQUIRED}

[OPTIONAL]

THIS|orTHAT

+, -

Relative value

r, %, p

Radian, Percentage, and Pixels respectively

Commands

{0|1} bold (default: 0)

linespacing linespacing (default: 1.1)

To end input, press Ctrl-d on a blank line.

Standard mode:

d.text.freetype text="GRASS GIS" -g at=2107055,5603133 \
size=7 path=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/luximb.ttf

Command mode:

The following example prints three lines: "GRASS d.text.freetype output", "See test.input file", and "for more details.".
d.text.freetype -c



GRASS


d.text.freetype


output

See test.input file
for more details.
Command mode instructions may also be read directly from a text file:
d.text.freetype -c < test.input