PHP image/font questions

[bachx]

I want to dynamically generate an image containing a text string that the user defines, I have a couple of questions though.

 

- I want to set a font size for the text higher than 5 (Which is the maximum size imagestring() allows)

- I want to change the font type

- I want to align the text to the right.

 

Any tips/help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

Here is the code I'm using to generate the image:

 

<?php

$chars = $_GET['title'];
$width = strlen($chars)*10;

$image = ImageCreate($width, 40); 
$bg_color = ImageColorAllocate($image, 174, 160, 133);
$fnt_color = ImageColorAllocate($image, 255, 255, 255);
imagestring($image, 5, 8, 5, $chars, $fnt_color);
$image = imagerotate($image, 90, 0);
imagePNG($image);
imageDestroy($image);

?>

 

[Barand]

Use true type fonts and you can then set any size

 

www.php.net/imagettftext

 

When positioning the ttf text note that y is the baseline and not the top of the text as with imagestring