Load a PostScript Type 1 font from file in PHP
Description
The following code shows how to load a PostScript Type 1 font from file.
Example
<?php// w w w. j a v a 2 s. c o m
// 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);
?>