Re: image generation issues

Thanx for all the help.I discovered the STUPID little problem.my ftp software was set so it uploded .ttf in ascii instead of binary.all works now. thanks again ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Rogers" <trogers@kwikin.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 3:38 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] image generation issues > 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" <hdanaher@earthlink.net> > >To: "php" <php-general@lists.php.net> > >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" <martin.towell@world.net> > > > To: "'Adrian Murphy'" <adrian.murphy@2020tourism.com>; > > > <php-general@lists.php.net> > > > 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:adrian.murphy@2020tourism.com] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 1:16 PM > > > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > > > 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=""> > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > >-- > >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >