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Montage is throwing error: `unable to read font`
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Description
ImageMagick version
7.1.2-18
Operating system
MacOS
Operating system, version and so on
26.4 (25E246) Tahoe
Description
Using latest version: ImageMagick 7.1.2-18 Q16-HDRI aarch64 23822 (from homebrew)...
When combining images with montage, the new image is generated, but an error is thrown:
montage: unable to read font `' @ error/annotate.c/RenderFreetype/1660.
Previously this was working fine.
Steps to Reproduce
- Combining two images with
magick montage Bulbasaur-0.png Bulbasaur-1.png Bulbasaur.png. - Error is produced :-(
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the exact magick montage Bulbasaur-0.png Bulbasaur-1.png Bulbasaur.png command on ImageMagick 7.1.2-18 on macOS Tahoe, then compare its font behavior with the previously working version. Trace the source of the unable to read font message and verify that montage completes without the error while still generating the combined image.
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