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From: "Gary M Hewitt" <ghewitt@inc.net>
To: <tiff@sgi.com>, "Randy Myers" <rmyers@atlanta.dg.com>
Subject: Re: Text to tiff?
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 17:12:46 -0800
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Hi Randy,

I have a customer whose using a Kofax product that allows
them to type text (Doctors' oral comments) and it generates
a TIFF image.

Say the word and I'll find out the specifics [I didn't setup
that system for them].

Gary M Hewitt, Pres.
Scan America, Inc.
Brookfield, WI

ghewitt@Inc.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Randy Myers <rmyers@atlanta.dg.com>
To: tiff@sgi.com <tiff@sgi.com>
Date: Friday, February 13, 1998 12:07 PM
Subject: Text to tiff?


>Greetings, all.
>
>I wish to annotate an existing bitonal TIFF with text, under Unix.
>
>I'm prepared to merge TIFFs made from text with existing images, but I'd
>certainly welcome any knowledge of a tool that is intended for annotation.
>
>Are there alternatives to netpbm tools for rendering text as a TIFF
graphic?
>I need multi-line, multi-font capabilities and some scalability or a
>reasonable
>selection of sizes; and it would be nice if I could just state the
resolution
>I want in the target image.  Proportional and exotic fonts are not
required.
>
>Thanks for any advice.
>
>--
>Randy Myers
>rmyers@atlanta.dg.com
>Data General Corporation
>Healthcare Imaging Applications Development
>

