Re: [PHP] image generation issues

[Tom Rogers]

Hi
Some of MS fonts wont work, try downloading some freeware fonts.
Tom


At 01:24 PM 2/12/02, Adrian Murphy wrote:
>tried everything suggested and still get 'could not read font' oh well
>thanx.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "hugh danaher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "php" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 3:00 AM
>Subject: Re: [PHP] image generation issues
>
>
> > Adrian,
> > If you're using the code displayed, you need to use $im before you destroy
> > it.
> > If you want to deal with it as a .png then use:
> > ImagePNG($im,"some_name.png",100);
> > and then pick up the file anytime using
> > <img src="some_name.png">
> > You can later remove it from the server using:
> > unlink("some_name.png");
> > hope this helps.
> > Hugh
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Martin Towell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "'Adrian Murphy'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 6:36 PM
> > Subject: RE: [PHP] image generation issues
> >
> >
> > > when you say it doesn't work, do you mean that you get an error message
>or
> > > it just doesn't write the text to the image?
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Adrian Murphy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 1:16 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: [PHP] image generation issues
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > I'm using the code in the manual to draw text  on a png.
> > > but Its not working - ImageString() works but not ImageTTFText()
> > > I uploaded arial.ttf from windows to fonts/ folder
> > > Any Ideas:
> > > as a side note: PNG's - any real disadvantage to using them
> > >  instead of gifs - not withstanding the compuserve issue and
> > > old browsers.
> > >
> > > the code
> > > button.php
> > > <?php
> > > Header ("Content-type: image/png");
> > > $im = imagecreate (400, 30);
> > > $black = ImageColorAllocate ($im, 0, 0, 0);
> > > $white = ImageColorAllocate ($im, 255, 255, 255);
> > > ImageTTFText ($im, 20, 0, 10, 20, $white, "fonts/arial.ttf","Testing...
> > > Omega: &#937;");
> > > ImagePng ($im);
> > > ImageDestroy ($im);
> > > ?>
> > > and i call it with
> > > <img src="button.php" border="0" alt="">
> > >
> >
> >
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