YakitoriSD has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

How does one go about importing external fonts into GD?

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Re: GD fonts
by Beatnik (Parson) on May 07, 2001 at 09:50 UTC
    Currently there is no way of dynamically creating your own fonts.
    You're currently stuck with the five built-in fonts.
    You can use TTFs tho...

    $image->stringTTF($fgcolor,$fontname,$ptsize,$angle,$x,$y,$string);

    Greetz
    Beatnik
    ... Quidquid perl dictum sit, altum viditur.