php4.0.6 and freetype on win32 ?

[philippo]

I was running php4.0.5 with the GD extension (php_gd.dll) enabled and freetype was working fine.
Now I've upgraded to php4.0.6. If I use the old (1.6.2) version of php_gd.dll it works but if I use the new one (2.0.x) the following two functions are not able to find the .ttf-file:

ImageTTFBBox()
ImageTTFText()

I need to use a relative path like this: "../ttf_fonts/arial.ttf". It does not even work with absolute paths.

any idea?
Philip

[Anon]

I have the same problem. Did you solve it? If, then how?

[philippo]

mhhh, no, not solved yet - I didn't even get any feedback from anyone else
I'm still using the GDlib from 4.0.5 but my script should also work on other people's machines, so I'd prefer a real solution ...any idea? - could you please post that question again on top of the forum? thanks!

philip

[Anon]

Hi!

Simply remove the extension (mostly ".ttf")
from the font name for freetype2. See this:

//FREETYPE_1
$fonttype="../font/arial.ttf";
//FREETYPE_2
$fonttype="../font/arial";

This worked for me! Yet, it seems to me, freetype2 renders fonts slightly larger in somes cases, so there's more to do to achieve
backward compatibility... :/

Cheers,
Stefan

[Anon]

hi i have the same problem, but just cuting the ".ttf" wasnt inaf. i even dont now du i have all libs for ttf usage, so kann u tell me what else is needet exept this "php_gdlib.dll"
where to get it end wre to put it.
THANKS and excuse my english

Stefan wrote:

Hi!

Simply remove the extension (mostly ".ttf")
from the font name for freetype2. See this:

//FREETYPE_1
$fonttype="../font/arial.ttf";
//FREETYPE_2
$fonttype="../font/arial";

This worked for me! Yet, it seems to me, freetype2 renders fonts slightly larger in somes cases, so there's more to do to achieve
backward compatibility... :/

Cheers,
Stefan