gd fonts

[Asperon]

how do you access fonts  for GD use? I know locally  you use your windows directory to your fonts folder, but online, how do you access true type fonts?

 

thank you

 

**freetype 2 is enabled, but how do I access it with imagefttext(), how do you call the font?

[Daukan]

You put in were ever you want to. I usually put them in there own directory within my image directory. You put the path to the font in your script. If you are using imagettftext() you would put the path in there.

[Asperon]

do I copy the font from my fonts folder on in my C drive and put them there? for the imagettftext() or if freetype is enabled, is there already set path to call the fonts. and is there a command where I can see what fonts freetype has avail?

[Daukan]

I copy them from my drive to my server to be use by php.

[Asperon]

I tried putting the font files on my server and using them, but to no avail, maybe my paths are messed up

[Daukan]

Here is an example from a captcha I've written, The font is in the same directory as the script

<?php
//iimagettftext ( resource $image, float $size, float $angle, int $x, int $y, int $color, string $fontfile, string $text )
imagettftext($captcha,rand(16,22),$rotangle,($i*$spacing),30,$textcolor,'/arial.ttf',substr($capstr,($i-1),1));

?>

[Asperon]

thanks, I got it working, only now, if I save the image via imagepng($im,$loctaion) where $location='images/'.$imageName.'.png';

 

it won't  save the image in the folder, this works on my localserver though

[Daukan]

Make sure the directory has the correct permissions