Thanks Merlyn,
Here is the completed code: 
use strict;                                                          
use warnings;
use GD;

    
my $font_path='/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/verdana.ttf';       
my $size = 32; 
my $text="Foo Bar!";

#get cords for the image box. Cords are returned like this:          

#x4,y4 ---------------------------- x3,y3                            
#|                                      |                            
#|                                      |
#|                                      |
#|                                      |
#x1,y1 ---------------------------- x2,y2                            

my @cords = GD::Image->stringTTF(0, $font_path, $size, 0, 0, 0, $text)
+ 
    or die "no cords $! $@";                                         

#calc size along x and y axis                                        
my $xsize = $cords[2] - $cords[0] + 5;                               
my $ysize = $cords[1] - $cords[7] + 5;

#calc start cords
my $xstart = ($xsize - ($cords[2] - $cords[0])) / 2;
my $ystart = ($ysize - ($cords[1] - $cords[7])) / 2 - $cords[7];

#create image
my $image = new GD::Image ($xsize, $ysize) 
    or die "no new image $! $@";

#allocate colours
my $trans = $image->colorAllocate(200,200,200);
$image->transparent($trans);
my $black = $image->colorAllocate(0,0,0);

#add true type text to image
$image->stringTTF($black, $font_path, $size, 0, $xstart, $ystart, $tex
+t) 
    or die "$! $@";

#send image to browser
print $image->png;

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Neil Watson
watson-wilson.ca

In reply to Re: •Re: Using GD and imageTTF by neilwatson
in thread Using GD and imageTTF by neilwatson

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