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Having done a lot more work, including following the example in "Text Examples" to use the Linux command 'printf' to generate Unicode characters, and checking the performance with a number of unicode fonts, I have come to the conclusion that 'convert' is still doing things wrong.

If you look at ...

Please correct me if I am wrong, but what you seem to be telling me is that 'convert' can't do what I want to do - the equivalent of a virtual back-space/over-strike combination - to map a vowel character over a consonant character. Is that correct?

The solution you are proposing is to use a (UTF ...

And, if you'll excuse the bad etiquette of replying to my own question, I'm running 'convert' in a .php file to generate an image directly into a browser:

$cmd = "convert -size x98 -pointsize 12 -font ../fonts/DFrank.ttf $font label:'$text' GIF:-";
header("Content-type: image/gif");
passthru ...

I'm working to draw Hebrew words using 'convert' and a Hebrew font. So far, with all the consonants, everything is fine. However, I'm having a problem with the vowels. In Hebrew, the vowels are printed under (or sometimes over) the consonants. The letter 'vet', for example, in the font is ...