<gtext> ... </gtext>

<gtext> is defined in the Graphics text module.

Renders a GIF image of the enclosed text.

Note: If the background and text colors are not set in the <body> tag of the page, the bg and fg attributes must be set, otherwise the <gtext> tag will only render a "Please reload this page"-message.

Attributes
alpha, alt, background, bevel, pressed, bg, black, bold, border, fadein, fg, fs, fuzz, ghost, glow, href, italic, light, magic, magic_argument`, magicbg, maxlen, mirrortile, move, nfont, notrans, opaque, quant, rescale, rotate, scale, scolor, scroll, shadow, size, spacing, split, split, talign, textbelow, textbox, texture, tile, turbulence, verbatim, xpad, xsize, xspacing, ysize, yspacing,`

Attributes

alpha=path

Use the specified image as an alpha channel, together with the background attribute.

alt=string

Sets the alt attribute of the generated <img> tag. Will be default set to the alt attribute of the contents of the <gtext> tag.

background=path

Specifies the image to use as background.

bevel=width

Draws a bevel box.

pressed

Inverts the direction of the bevel box, to make it look like a button that is pressed down.

bg=color

Tells the <gtext> tag what the background color of the page is. This is used for anti-alias purposes. The module can be configured to try to find out this by itself, by parsing at appropriate HTML tags.

black

Use a black, or heavy, version of the font, if available.

bold

Use a bold version of the font, if available.

border=width,color

Draws a border around the text of the specified width and color.

fadein=blur,steps,delay,initialdelay

Generates an animated GIF file of a fade-in effect.

fg=color

Sets the color or the rendered text. The module can be configured to try to find out an appropriate color by parsing HTML tags.

fs

Apply floyd-steinberg dithering to the resulting image.

fuzz=color

Apply a glow effect.

ghost=dist,blur,color

Apply a ghost effect. Cannot be used together with shadow or magic.

glow=color

Apply a glowing outline around the text.

href=URL

Link the image to the specified URL. The link color of the document will be used as the default foreground rather than the foreground color.

italic

Use an italic version of the font, if available.

light

Use a light version of the font, if available.

magic=message

Used together with the href attribute to generate a JavaScript that will highlight the image when the mouse is moved over it.

magic_argument=value

Same as for any <gtext> attribute, except for the highlighting image.

magicbg=color|path

Same as the background attribute, except for the highlighting image.

maxlen=number

Sets the maximum length of the rendered text, by default 300.

mirrortile

Tiles the background and foreground images around x-axis and y-axis for odd frames, creating seamless textures.

move=x,y

Moves the text relative to the upper left corner of the background image. This will not change the size of the image.

nfont=font

Use this font. If no font is specified, the define nfont will be used, or the default font, if there is no define.

notrans

By default, the background of the image is set as a transparent color. This option overrides that behavior.

opaque=percentage

Generate text with this amount of opaqueness. 100% is default.

quant=number

Use this number of colors in the generated image. For GIF images, fewer colors implies smaller images but also aliasing effects. It is advisable to use powers of 2 to optimize the palette allocation.

rescale

Rescale the background to fill the whole image.

rotate=angle

Rotates the image this number of degrees counter-clockwise.

scale=float

Scale the font this much.

scolor=color

Use this color for the shadow. Used with the shadow attribute.

scroll=width,steps,delay

Generate an animated GIF image of the text scrolling.

shadow=intensity,distance

Draw a drop-shadow with the specified intensity and distance. The intensity is specified as a percentage.

size=width,height

Set the size of the image.

spacing=number

Add space around the text.

split

Generate a separate GIF image out of each word. This will allow the browser to word-wrap the text, but will disable certain attributes like magic.

split=character

Split the string also at each occurrence of the character.

talign=left eight center

Adjust the alignment of the text.

textbelow=color

Place the text in a colored box.

textbox=opaque,color

Draw a box with an opaque value below the text of the specified color.

texture=path

Uses the specified images as a field texture.

tile

Tiles the background and foreground images if they are smaller than the actual image.

turbulence=frequency,color;frequency,color;frequency,color

Apply a turbulence effect.

verbatim

Allows the gtext parser to not be typographically correct.

xpad=percentage

Increases padding between characters.

xsize=number

Sets the width.

xspacing=number

Sets the horizontal spacing.

ysize=number

Sets the height.

yspacing=number

Sets the vertical spacing.

Example

source code


<gtext>The time is <date time></gtext>
<br><gtext href=http://www.roxen.com/
magic>Roxen Platform</gtext>

result