I have text files in txt and md format. How can I create thumbnail images from these files? This conversion should work similar as in Google Docs or Google Drive. See screenshot attached.
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mega6382
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See this [link](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15772299/generate-thumbnail-for-text-file) Has a similar question with some answers. – AlexCode Oct 10 '17 at 12:32
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Maybe this post can help you: [generate thumbnail for text file](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15772299/generate-thumbnail-for-text-file) – LenglBoy Oct 10 '17 at 12:33
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Possible duplicate of [Generate thumbnail for text file](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15772299/generate-thumbnail-for-text-file) – teeyo Oct 10 '17 at 12:33
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Possible duplicate of https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15772299/generate-thumbnail-for-text-file – teeyo Oct 10 '17 at 12:33
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Thanks, guys, I saw that answer, but I suspect that quality of a thumbnail obtained by the recommended method (imagettftext) is not going to be good. The example provided here - http://php.net/manual/en/function.imagettftext.php shows the text to be too big and not well positioned. I might be wrong as I did not actually tested it on practice. – user652061 Oct 10 '17 at 12:38
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You need this for some small number of files and it can be done beforehand or dynamically?
If it is a small number and can be done before, use https://convertio.co/txt-svg/ tool and then save svg images for later use.

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This needs to be done dynamically by users similarly as on Google Drive, Google Docs. – user652061 Oct 10 '17 at 12:35