The ImagickDraw::getTextKerning() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to get the text kerning used in image which is nothing but the spacing between letters.
Syntax:
float ImagickDraw::getTextKerning( void )
Parameters: This function doesn’t accept any parameter.
Return Value: This function returns an float value containing the text kerning.
Exceptions: This function throws ImagickException on error.
Below given programs illustrate the ImagickDraw::getTextKerning() function in PHP:
Program 1:
<?php // Create a new ImagickDraw object $draw = new ImagickDraw();
// Get the text kerning $textKerning = $draw ->getTextKerning();
echo $textKerning ;
?> |
Output:
0 // which is the default text kerning.
Program 2:
<?php // Create a new ImagickDraw object $draw = new ImagickDraw();
// Set the text Kerning $draw ->setTextKerning(5);
// Get the text Kerning $textKerning = $draw ->getTextKerning();
echo $textKerning ;
?> |
Output:
5
Program 3:
<?php // Create a new imagick object $imagick = new Imagick();
// Create a image on imagick object $imagick ->newImage(800, 250, '#eba09b' );
// Create a new ImagickDraw object $draw = new ImagickDraw();
// Set the font size $draw ->setFontSize(20);
// Annotate a text $draw ->annotation(50, 100,
'The text kerning here is default.' );
// Set the text kerning $draw ->setTextKerning(10);
// Annotate a text $draw ->annotation(50, 200, 'The text kerning here is ' . $draw ->getTextKerning() . '.' );
// Render the draw commands $imagick ->drawImage( $draw );
// Show the output $imagick ->setImageFormat( 'png' );
header( "Content-Type: image/png" );
echo $imagick ->getImageBlob();
?> |
Output:
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/imagickdraw.gettextkerning.php