Block Category: Draw
Input Image Requirements: None
Inputs:
•image: Input image.
•string: Indicates the text string placed on the image.
•x and y: Indicate the x y coordinates of where the text will be place, with respect to the upper left corner. (Optional)
Description: The Draw Text block writes a text string on an image. Placement of the text string is controlled by either the Position parameters in the dialog or input connectors on the block.
Font Size: Specifies the size of the text string in pixels.
Font Style: Specifies the style of the Hersey font.
Intensity: Specifies the brightness of the gray scale text. An intensity value of 1 is black; an intensity value of 255 is white.
Get inputs: When selected, x and y inputs are added to the Draw Text block that control the placement of the text.
Position: When Get inputs is not activated, you specify the x and y coordinates of where the text will be place, with respect to the upper left corner, in the X and Y parameters.
Thickness: Specifies the thickness of text characters.
In this example, the text “Wild Life” is superimposed on the video display.
