title: Ruby/Rails image processing libraries
body: <p>Good friends of stackoverflow, I am here today for guidance regarding image processing/manipulation using Ruby in a Rails environment. I'm creating on-the-fly dynamic banner ads that will feature mostly (if not completely) text. It's fairly simple with just a line or two, but I'd like the option to adjust font, text color, text size, etc.</p>
  
  <p>What libraries do you recommend for this sort of task?</p>
  
  <p>I've read up in rMagick a little bit and I see a lot of complaints about memory issues and lack of text rendering features. I'm not seeing many alternative active projects.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>
  
  <p><strong>Edit:</strong> I got a chance to mess around with RMagick and while it's library is full featured, it seriously lacks in the text department. One feature I'm unable to use is non-breaking spaces. I'm printing a phone number in my text and it really doesn't make sense to have the area code on a different line than the rest of the number.</p>
  
  <p>I'm choosing RMagick as the best solution for now, because it's full-featured and actively developed, but it is by no means a <em>good</em> solution.</p>