I am using the Imager module to add some graphics to my images and it works great. Now I wanted to add strings of text. I tried with some of the examples in Imager::Font. but I can't get it to play. I am not sure if there is some truetype programs/modules that needs to be installed on the linux server or if I need to install the fonts on the server, I've tried putting the fonts in the same directory as the perl script.
Below is a small example script from Imager::Font and the error it produces.

my $font = Imager::Font->new(file => 'bettynoir.ttf');
print "err:".Imager->errstr."<br />";
# ERROR PRODUCED: Font type not found

$img->string(x => 50, y => 70,
             string => "Hello, World!",
             font => $font,
             size => 30,
             aa => 1,
             color => 'white');  
print "Font-error:".$img->errstr."<br />";
# ERROR PRODUCED: missing required parameter 'font'

# Check if Imager is t1 or truetype capable
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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The above truetype capable check displays nothing.

Can anyone point me in the right direction? What needs to be installed on the server, where do I place the fonts?

In reply to Can't get Imager::Font to work by boboson

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