paragraph box in image

[Bobboau]

ok, I am wondering if there exists a function or a library with the capability to designate an area on an image where a paragraph will be displayed, and the function figures out what the largest possible font that can work would be and draws it. note this is a considerably more complex task than ImageString.

if such a thing does not exists, suggestions on how i might be able to accomplish this?

or general text layout library recommendations that might be relevant to my interests.

[rhodesa]

there is no one-stop function that does what you want. but you can use the GD library:

http://us3.php.net/gd

 

and it's many functions to load up an image and then write text on it

[Bobboau]

I was hoping there might be a text layout library already made.

 

so you are saying imagettfbbox is my only hope?

[rhodesa]

if you just want to use an ugly system font, you can use:

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.imagefttext.php

 

or if you want nicer text, you can load a TTF file and use:

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.imagettftext.php