With ImageMagick, how can you see all available fonts?

Question

ImageMagick can draw text into a picture in a given font, how can I see all available fonts for my system?

Answer 1

The fonts are a bit tricky. ImageMagick will not usually 'see' your system fonts. On OS/X, fonts are stored in a non-standard format.

Use convert -list font to see the fonts ImageMagick currently knows about. It may be blank.

ImageMagick looks for $HOME/.magick/type.xml for the list of fonts. If you are on OS/X, go see the well written tutorial at http://gothick.org.uk/2008/03/14/using-os-x-fonts-in-imagemagick/.