use GD;

$im = new GD::Image(200, 36);

$white = $im->colorAllocate(255,255,255);
$black = $im->colorAllocate(0,0,0);
$red = $im->colorAllocate(255,0,0);
$blue = $im->colorAllocate(0,0,255);

$im->stringTTF($black,"test.ttf", 12, 0, 0, 0,"Font Reactor") or die $!;

open(IMAGE, ">test.png") or die;
binmode IMAGE;
print IMAGE $im->png;