Re: imagettftext Angle Problem

On Aug 12, 2010, at 11:50 AM, tedd wrote: >> On Thu, 2010-08-12 at 10:40 -0400, Floyd Resler wrote: >> >>> I'm trying to draw text at a 90 degree angle, reading from bottom to top. For >>> some reason, all of the letters are aligning to the top (i.e. the left side) of the text. It looks >>> really odd! Has anyone else experienced this before? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Floyd > > Floyd: > > Yes, that is odd -- try this: > > Header ("Content-type: image/gif"); > $im = imagecreate (400, 400); > $background = imagecolorallocate ($im, 238, 238, 238); > $text_color = imagecolorallocate ($im, 00, 51, 102); > imagettftext ($im, 10, 90, 200, 200, $text_color, "arial.ttf", "Hello > World..."); > imagegif ($im); > imagedestroy ($im); > > You must use arial.ttf for the above -- in fact, that might be your problem, the font you are > using may be that way. > > Here's an example of this working: > > http://webbytedd.com/b/timed-php/ > > Cheers, > > tedd Well, whatever the problem is it is definitely related only to my system. I tried your code and had the same results (https://adexfulfillment.com/adex/tests/test.php). I tried different fonts as well. The fonts I'm using were exported from FontBook on my Mac. I wonder if that might have something to do with it. Anyway you could pass along the arial font you're using so I can test that possibility? Thanks! Floyd