The ImagickDraw::getTextKerning() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to get the text kerning used in image which is nothing but the spacing between letters.
Syntax:
float ImagickDraw::getTextKerning( void )
Parameters: This function doesn’t accept any parameter.
Return Value: This function returns an float value containing the text kerning.
Exceptions: This function throws ImagickException on error.
Below given programs illustrate the ImagickDraw::getTextKerning() function in PHP:
Program 1:
<?php // Create a new ImagickDraw object $draw = new ImagickDraw(); // Get the text kerning $textKerning = $draw->getTextKerning(); echo $textKerning; ?> |
Output:
0 // which is the default text kerning.
Program 2:
<?php // Create a new ImagickDraw object $draw = new ImagickDraw(); // Set the text Kerning $draw->setTextKerning(5); // Get the text Kerning $textKerning = $draw->getTextKerning(); echo $textKerning; ?> |
Output:
5
Program 3:
<?php // Create a new imagick object $imagick = new Imagick(); // Create a image on imagick object $imagick->newImage(800, 250, '#eba09b'); // Create a new ImagickDraw object $draw = new ImagickDraw(); // Set the font size $draw->setFontSize(20); // Annotate a text $draw->annotation(50, 100, 'The text kerning here is default.'); // Set the text kerning $draw->setTextKerning(10); // Annotate a text $draw->annotation(50, 200, 'The text kerning here is ' . $draw->getTextKerning() . '.'); // Render the draw commands $imagick->drawImage($draw); // Show the output $imagick->setImageFormat('png'); header("Content-Type: image/png"); echo $imagick->getImageBlob(); ?> |
Output:
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/imagickdraw.gettextkerning.php

