I think this is branch from my original post here. I would mark the initial thread resolved, but there is a lingering question raised by mordecai about why his program works on his windows box and not his *ix box, and that is leading the discussion potentially on a different direction.
I now think that my problem is with TTF fonts, and I'm looking for font expertise to help me solve the problem.
See my test page
here:
I have uploaded 4 or 5 zapf dingbat fonts from different sources, hoping to find one that will display using imagettftext. None do.
Why do Astro, basis, SIGNSR, etc. display OK, but zapf dingbats, webdings, etc., DON'T????????????????
I now think that there is something about the TTF format that tells imagettftext to display rectangles instead of text.
I believe that *ix is obeying some coding inherent in the TTF font and Windows is ignoring that coding.
What I'm looking for is a way to make the *ix version ALSO ignore that coding...
I've been looking for any way to make zapf dingbats and webdings display using imagettftext on my Linux box. I've looked for look-alike fonts. I've tried to convert Mac TTF fonts. I've tried a bunch of stuff to no avail.
I've tried sending chr(integer) codes to imagettf instead of text. That doesn't work either.
I'm out of gas.
HELP FROM A FONT MAVEN, PLEASE
!!