This example shows how to display true type fonts(TTF) in php gd.
This example shows how to display true type fonts(TTF) in php gd.<?php
define("WIDTH", 300);
define("HEIGHT", 100);
define("F_SIZE", 40);
define("F_ANGLE", 0);
define("F_FONT", "C:/WINNT/Fonts/arial.ttf");
$img = imagecreate(WIDTH, HEIGHT);
$white = imagecolorallocate($img, 255,255,255);
$black = imagecolorallocate($img, 0,0,0);
$start_x = 10;
$start_y = (int)HEIGHT/2;
$text = "True Fonts";
imagerectangle($img, 0,0,WIDTH-1,HEIGHT-1, $black);
imageTTFtext($img, F_SIZE, F_ANGLE, $start_x, $start_y, $black, F_FONT, $text);
header("Content-Type: image/png");
imagepng($img);
?>
After running the program you will get the following output