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# pbmtext
> Render text as a PBM image.
> See also: `pbmtextps`.
> More information: <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pbmtext.html>.
- Render a single line of text as a PBM image:
`pbmtext "{{Hello World!}}" > {{path/to/output.pbm}}`
- Render multiple lines of text as a PBM image:
`echo "{{Hello\nWorld!}}" | pbmtext > {{path/to/output.pbm}}`
- Render text using a custom font supplied as a PBM file:
`pbmtext -font {{path/to/font.pbm}} "{{Hello World!}}" > {{path/to/output.pbm}}`
- Specify the number of pixels between characters and lines:
`echo "{{Hello\nWorld!}}" | pbmtext -space {{3}} -lspace {{10}} > {{path/to/output.pbm}}`