Text Not Displaying Correctly With PHP:GD

[seanmt]

I recently moved servers and since then I have noticed that one line of text is showing weirdly.

 

I have attached an example image that was generated. In the word 'Managing' the letters M & N are being distorted.

 

The bit of code that creates that line of text is...

 

$silk = 'fonts/slkscr.ttf';
$grey = imagecolorallocate($im, 49, 51, 61);
imagefttext($im, 6, 0, 73, 25, $grey, $silk, 'Managing');

 

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[sader]

It looks like font is not found and some default font(depends of the server) is assigned

 

u have font in that directory?

also u may try change font path to full path something like

 

$silk = '/host/host_suer_name/public_html/fonts/slkscr.ttf';

 

u can find this prefix by echoing $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']

 

[seanmt]

The font definitely exists. I just deleted them from the server and all the bits of text that use that font disappeared completely.

[teamatomic]

Thats how the font is supposed to look. Its kinda ugly if you ask me.

 

 

HTH

Teamatomic

 

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[seanmt]

Thats how the font is supposed to look. Its kinda ugly if you ask me.

 

 

HTH

Teamatomic

 

It doesn't. Like I say i used it for months before hand. It only started looking like that when I changed server.

 

I have it on my PC and here is what it looks like...

 

 

 

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[seanmt]

Any other ideas as to why it doesn't display correctly?

[sader]

Font size may cause it.

 

The font size. Depending on your version of GD, this should be specified as the pixel size (GD1) or point size (GD2).

 

So it probably server uses another GD version

[seanmt]

Font size may cause it.

 

The font size. Depending on your version of GD, this should be specified as the pixel size (GD1) or point size (GD2).

 

So it probably server uses another GD version

 

I think that could be it. Except I have tried loads of different font sizes but to no avail. They all have the weird shaped M & N's. I have given up and resorted to using a different font now.

[salathe]

Can you recreate this with a basic image? E.g. does the following still produce the mangled letters?

 

<?php

$im = imagecreatetruecolor(100, 50);

$white = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255);
$grey = imagecolorallocate($im, 49, 51, 61);

imagefill($im, 0, 0, $white);
imagerectangle($im, 0, 0, 99, 49, $grey);

$silk = 'fonts/slkscr.ttf';
imagettftext($im, 6, 0, 25, 22, $grey, $silk, 'Managing');
imagettftext($im, 6, 0, 25, 32, $grey, $silk, '(GD '.GD_VERSION.')');

header('Content-Type: image/png');
imagepng($im);
exit;

 

Also where did you get the font file from, did you use the one from kottke.org?

[seanmt]

Can you recreate this with a basic image? E.g. does the following still produce the mangled letters?

 

Yes it does (see attachment).

 

Also where did you get the font file from, did you use the one from kottke.org?

 

Yes I believe so. It's been on my computer a long time now though so I am not 100% sure.

 

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