Load a PostScript Type 1 font from file

Description

imagepsloadfont ( string $filename ) : resource

Load a PostScript Type 1 font from the given filename.

Parameters

filename: Path to the Postscript font file.

Return Values

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

Version	Description
7.0.0	T1Lib support was removed from PHP, thus this function was removed.

Examples

Example #1 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);
?>

Notes

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

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