NAME Imager::DTP - draw text with DTP app-like custom options DESCRIPTION. Imager::DTP is a text drawing add-on for Imager, with ability to draw text horizontally or vertically (from top to bottom), letter-based (not word-based) text wrapping for multi-byte characters, line alignment, and adjustment of distance between letters and lines. Vertical drawing and letter-based text wrapping are for multi-byte character languages, such as Japanese and Chinese. MORE THAN WORDS I've made an interactive sample viewer page, for quick and essential understanding of what the output will look like, by using Imager::DTP. You can make the output more complexing and fancy by making full use of the module, but save that for later, and just take a glance at all the basics. English Page http://iandeth.dyndns.org/mycpan/Imager-DTP/sample_viewer_en.html Japanese Page http://iandeth.dyndns.org/mycpan/Imager-DTP/sample_viewer_ja.html INSTALLATION PRE-REQUISITIES You will need FreeType2 Imager module compiled with FreeType2 option enabled in order to use Imager::DTP. Imager module is available at CPAN, and FreeType2 at <http://freetype.sourceforge.net>. Install FreeType2 first, then check to see if Imager's FreeType2 option is enabled by running Imager's Makefile.PL. INSTALLATION To install this module, run the following commands: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE Copyright (C) 2005 Toshimasa Ishibashi This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.