Hi All

I have been struggling to do a task in Perl for a while, and would appreciate any help or tips. I have searched endlessly for some code snippets or examples, I haven't found the module documentation much help.

What I am trying to do is simply create a .png with a number, specified by my perl program: e.g. 
  $number = 223;

  use GD;
  use GD::Text;
  $gd_text = GD::Text->new(
        text => $number,
        font => 'verdana.ttf',
        ptsize => 14,
    );

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I really have no idea how to actually output the data, I have tried everything form BINMODE $gd_text to trying to put the $gd_text into a GD new subroutine..

Any help would be fantastic, thank you

In reply to GD::Text Problems by Anonymous Monk

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