Hey bradcathey

I'm not sure if Imager can use macfonts? Have you tried postscript fonts? I used ttf fonts in the past without any problems though.

On Imager::Font I found something to check if Imager is t1 or truetype capable: 

use Imager;
  print "Has truetype"      if $Imager::formats{tt};
  print "Has t1 postscript" if $Imager::formats{t1};
  print "Has Win32 fonts"   if $Imager::formats{w32};
  print "Has Freetype2"     if $Imager::formats{ft2};

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I also found some link that's about Imager and .dfonts. It claims you need to add: 

my $font = Imager::Font->new(file=>$font, type=>ft2) or die Imager->er
+rstr;

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Check the link below for the whole discussion:
http://use.perl.org/comments.pl?sid=24188&cid=37046

Good luck ;)


teabag
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In reply to Re: How to use Imager for text by teabag
in thread How to use Imager for text by bradcathey

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