# txt2img

## PURPOSE

Convert text string to a binary image.

## SYNOPSIS

function masks = txt2img( strings, h, txtPrp )

## DESCRIPTION

     Convert text string to a binary image.

     For each input string, creates a binary matrix of dimensions [hxw] that
     when displayed as an image shows the string. See example for usage.
     First, uses text() to display the text using Matlab's display
     functionality. Next uses getframe() to capture the screen and crops the
     resulting image appropriately.

     USAGE
      masks = txt2img( strings, h, [txtPrp] )

     INPUTS
      strings  - {1xn} text string or cell array of text strings to convert
      h        - font height in pixels
      txtPrp   - [] additional properites for call to "text"

     OUTPUTS
      masks    - {1xn} binary image masks of height h for each string

     EXAMPLE
      masks=txt2img('hello world',100); im(masks{1})

     See also CHAR2IMG, GETFRAME, TEXT

     Piotr's Image&Video Toolbox      Version 2.35
     Copyright 2009 Piotr Dollar.  [pdollar-at-caltech.edu]
     Please email me if you find bugs, or have suggestions or questions!
     Licensed under the Lesser GPL [see external/lgpl.txt]

## CROSS-REFERENCE INFORMATION

This function calls:

This function is called by:

- char2img Convert ascii text to a binary image using pre-computed templates.