Ok, I've found a solution for my problem... maybe it works for some of you. If you're having trouble, the odds are that you're using a non-NT Windows version.
I went to
http://us4.php.net/manual/en/function.imagettftext.php and read the user comments... bingo, the answer was there.
I couldn't install FreeType2 on my computer (I'm so damn n00b), it had to be compiled and stuff, it's made for UNIX, I had to learn how to compile it and had to see IF it was possible to use it in Windows... in other words, I don't know what I was doing, I think I was confusing FreeType2 with GD's TrueType support. In fact, I don't think FreeType2 is needed at all, yuriy!
What you need is your GD to support TrueType. I don't know if this will work for all of you, in fact I don't know why it's working for me, but here it goes:
Code:
Robert at Triangle-services dot NL
17-Mar-2004 05:41
Ok, for all you windows users that STILL get the Could not find/open font error... i think i've found the solution.
The php-for-windows package has the directory /windows/fonts hardcoded for all Win32 distributions. It doesn't look anywhere else (e.g. the php folder, the documentroot or the script location). However, if you use Windows XP, the windows-home directory is not WINNT as in Win2k, but Windows (back to the old days).
The next solution is not elegant, but it works (and is the only solution i have found that works for winXP).
Create a directory Winnt\fonts in the root of the same partition as your main operating system, and put the fonts you want to use in the newly created fonts-directory...
enjoy!
(thnx to Pioneer for helping me out on this one)
Note: I think the author of the above comment meant /winnt/fonts hardcoded for all Win32 distributions.
If that doesn't help you, go to that link I mentioned and read the comments, there is useful information there.
Hope that helps someone. Now my custom fonts work and I'm happy.
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