Bug #13941: ImageTTFText renders blocky text

From: james@computer-geek.co.uk Operating system: Slackware Linux 8.0 PHP version: 4.0.6 PHP Bug Type: GD related Bug description: ImageTTFText renders blocky text Having battled for days trying to get the illusive ImageTTFText() feature to actually work, it seems that the text rendering is "blocky". My build is as follows: FreeType 2.0.5 GD 2.0.1 PHP 4.0.6 Try this link: http://www.virtualisp.co.uk/test/actionbutton.php?t=Text This is the PHP4.0.6 version. I have an older server running 4.0.4pl1, gd1.8.3 and freetype 1.3.1 at: http://resellers.virtualisp.co.uk:8080/icons/actionbutton.php?t=Text This renders fine. I can't get 4.0.4pl1 to work with FreeType on my Slackware 8 box and the only version that seems to compile is 4.0.6 with PNG, JPEG, GD2 and FreeType 2. Is this a problem with GD/FreeType or PHP4.0.6? I read an article in the general mailing list about this so tried to go back to 4.0.5 but keep getting errors with FreeType / PNG - it's as if 4.0.5 doesn't want to see FreeType 2 as debug.log keeps referencing -lttf instead of -lfreetype and -I/usr/local/include/freetype instead of -I/usr/local/include/freetype2 Any ideas? -- Edit bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=13941&edit=1