imagepsloadfont

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

Load a PostScript Type 1 font from file

resource imagepsloadfont ( string $filename )

Load a PostScript Type 1 font from the given filename.

Parameters:

filename

Path to the Postscript font file.

Returns:

In the case everything went right, a valid font index will be returned and can be used for further purposes. Otherwise the function returns FALSE.

Changelog:

7.0.0

T1Lib support was removed from PHP, thrus removing this function.

Notes:

This function is only available if PHP is compiled using --with-t1lib[=DIR] .

Examples:

imagepsloadfont() example

<?php
// Create a new image instance
$im = imagecreatetruecolor(350, 45);

// Allocate colors and fill the background
$black = imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0, 0);
$white = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255);
imagefilledrectangle($im, 0, 0, 349, 44, $white);

// Load a font, write to the image and free the font from memory
$font = imagepsloadfont("bchbi.pfb");
imagepstext($im, "Testing... It worked!", $font, 32, $white, $black, 32, 32);
imagepsfreefont($font);

// Output the image
header('Content-type: image/png');

imagepng($im);
imagedestroy($im);
?>