## Create a GIF file to display your message

This demonstrates GIF_TEXT: a text-to-GIF message generator

Or, would you like to ... |
see samples of the alphabytes and backgrounds? run a special button generator? list installed alphabyte and complete fonts list installed color slides | read a short description of the options? use the frames/javascript enabled version? list available TTF fonts list installed backgrounds

Enter the message: |  |
Hints: | `$t`=time; `$d`=date; `$B`=rectangle; `$N`=new line; `$F(fontname)`=switch fonts; `$#nnn;` = ascii code

You can ... | use message options stored in a style file:
or use this form to specify the options .... `(and save these options to a style file?)`.

Select an alphabyte font | or a TTF font | Optional background and color slide
(Key): L=includes lower-case, 1=Includes numbers, C=Color (not b/w) | Select a TTF font: and it's size (0=do NOT use TTF font) Hint: if you do not use a color slide or a background, you should set the text color, background color, and transparency. | Scale the background? (default is to tile) Or you can specify your own color slide
Message width: and height: (in pixels) | A value of 0 for either width or height means:Use as many pixels as needed

| Check here if you intend to download this image. Check here for non-verbose output

The following options are less important (if you don't fill them in, default values will be used):

You can specify other fonts, backgrounds, and color slides...
specify a font: Select a font-other then those listed in the selection box) | Choose a a color-slide file: Enter the name of a GIF file, or a URL to a GIF file | Choose background file: Enter the name of a GIF file, or a URL to a GIF file

Vertical Alignment (character in "character box"): Top || Middle || Bottom
Line Justification (for multiple line messages): Left || Center || Right

Width & height scale factors |  |

Offset the image; place a frame around it |  | Right offset Left/Right frame | Down offset Top/Bottom frame

Color slide horizontal fit: Tile Stretch | Color slide vertical fit: Same slide for all rows Tile Stretch
Color slide measured from (blank=left edge, or a space delimited pair of 0 to 1 fractions): | Method for computing color slide distance:
Color slide threshold: Non 0 pixels Any color > 40 Fade avg color, 1 to 200 | Color slide probability: Always use Increasing probability Decreasing probability
Number of colors in user-defined color slide (0=do not define) | Color slide RGB intensity parameters (`0.0=0`, `1.0=255`) (space delimited) Red: Green: Blue:

Use a mask file: | Scale mask (otherwise, tile)? Reverse mask? Mask threshold (pixel value)=

Background color (6-hex-digits):, | Text-color (6-hex-digits):
Examples: 000000=black, ffffff=white, FF0000=red 00EF9d=Cyan
Transparent color index (0 to 255, -1 for no transparent index):

Time Format | Date Format