Right, that’s because both Microsoft Inspect and Textify use the UI Automation API, while GetWindowText uses the native API.

I used Microsoft Inspect and it indeed cannot see the “&” character, but this program, GetWindowText, can extract the “&” character Textify extracts the text as ‘SHOW COMMANDS CONTAINING:’ minus the “&” character.īTW, The above is from the super useful search tool called Everything. I am asking about extracting the full text, including the “&” character from text that is embedded in a program, like this: Textify can capture the “&” character if it is separated from a word, that is, if there is at least 1 space between the “&” character and another letter/word. I also think there is some confusion about what I was asking for, and what “Ted” was asking for in his post: You can mess around with a bevy of presets apply black and white or sepia filters set the background to be a color or another image choose the character set and quantity make each character larger or smaller select a font family from a lamentable list (Arial, Comic Sans MS, Helvetica, monospace, and Times New Roman) and change the font’s weight.Hello again! I took a look at the page you asked me to view, and I used Microsoft Inspect Object v7.2, and it indeed cannot see the “&” character, but this program, GetWindowText, can extract the “&” character from words.

One more caveat: Developer Hakim El Hattab says that the free Web service works only in Chrome and Firefox 4.Ĭaveats aside, is a lot of fun to play with. Also, fine details are lost in translation, so many photos aren’t the best choice for. Not exactly suitable for most print projects. There are a few drawbacks for those of you planning to use the results in professional projects: While you can save your creation, it will be a 72 ppi PNG file. For either version, you supply the imagery and tweak some settings, click a button, and bam! You have a new image made entirely out of different-colored text. is a free web service and a $.99 app for iOS devices. You’ve seen images that are made up of hundreds (or thousands) of smaller photos, right? Now there’s a new text version of the concept.

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