    #! /usr/local/bin/ruby -w
    require 'RMagick'

    i = Magick::ImageList.new
    i.new_image(275, 170) { self.background_color = "white" }

    gc = Magick::Draw.new
    gc.fill('black')
    gc.stroke('tranparent')

    gc.font_family('courier')
    gc.font_weight(Magick::BoldWeight)
    gc.pointsize(200)

    # Turn off antialiasing
    gc.text_antialias(false)
    gc.text(15, 145, 'A')

    # Turn it back on
    gc.text_antialias(true)
    gc.text(145, 145, 'B')

    gc.draw(i)

    # Blow up the image so we can
    # easily see the image, then
    # crop to a representative portion.
    i.resize!(3).crop!(225,250, 575,200)

    gc = Magick::Draw.new
    gc.stroke('thistle')
    gc.fill_opacity(0)
    gc.stroke_width(1)
    gc.stroke_dasharray()
    gc.rectangle(0,0, i.columns-1,i.rows-1)
    gc.draw(i)

    #i.display
    i.write("text_antialias.jpg")
    exit