title: Simple HTML layout engine to convert HTML to an image
body: <p>I need a tool to automatically convert simple HTML into an image. I will be controlling the HTML input which will consist of simple text formatting tags and possibly image links--I don't need to be able to render arbitrary HTML. Is there a simple way to do this? </p>
  
  <p>I've looked at the HTML layout engines like Gecko and Webkit, but frankly I'm overwhelmed by the number of options they have--I don't need a complete web browser! Is it possible to use these engines in this way? Can someone steer me in the right direction?</p>
  
  <p>Other possibilities like browsershots, rely on screenshots of real browsers, but I'm going to be running this application on a web server with potentially many users so performance is important and I'm afraid this kind of solution won't scale.</p>
  
  <p>Ideas?</p>
  
  <p>EDIT: Sorry forget to mention that my server is running Linux, so Windows solutions won't help. :)</p>