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I have a text file with contents as follows:
LINE 1
LINE 2
LINE 3

This file is saved as Normal.TXT (normal ANSI text file) and UTF8.TXT (UTF-8 format text file).

I ran the following commands:
convert -background white -fill black -font simhei -pointsize 60 -size 3020x caption:@Normal.TXT Output1.JPG
convert -background white -fill black -font simhei -pointsize 60 -size 3020x caption:@UTF8.TXT Output2.JPG

The first convert works fine, as expected.
The second convert has an unexpected problem. Output as follows:
LINE1
LINE2
LINE3

As you can see, LINE1 has been offset.

Anyone has any ideas how to fix this so that Output2 looks exactly like Output1? I need UTF-8 support because I need to support Chinese characters. Please help.

On the second output, Output2, the first line is offset with a couple of spaces in front of LINE1 (i.e. " LINE1"). Note: it did not show up correctly in my original post. Any help is much appreciated.

You do not say what version of ImageMagick, date and platform? Also what delegates and what version of freetype? Does simhei support UTF-8 characters? I do not see any offset. Perhaps you should post your output images to some free hosting service and put the URLs here.

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Please, always provide your IM version and platform when asking questions, since syntax may differ.

Also provide your exact command line and your images, if possible.

See the top-most post in this forum "IMPORTANT: Please Read This FIRST Before Posting" at http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-se ... f=1&t=9620

If using Imagemagick 7, then see http://imagemagick.org/script/porting.php#cli


For novices, see

http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-se ... f=1&t=9620
http://www.imagemagick.org/script/comma ... essing.php
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/reference.html
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/
https://github.com/ImageMagick/usage-markdown
https://imagemagick.org/script/porting.php#cli

I guess you use Windows, and your file was saved with a "Byte Order Mark" header. If so, the cure is to use software that doesn't write a BOM, or to strip the BOM after the file is saved.