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Re: Using Postscript Type 1 Fonts with GDby ViceRaid (Chaplain) |
on Feb 05, 2004 at 19:15 UTC ( [id://326848]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Nearly two years to do the day, I'm replying to my own node. This vexed me for ages; Type 1 is more widely used in design and print, and many of the best cuts of classic typefaces are only available in this format. To use Postscript Type 1 format typefaces with GD, you need to make sure that gd (the c library which GD depends on] is compiled with support for Freetype, an Open Source font renderer. Specifically, it needs to be built linking to version 2 of Freetype, as version 1 only support TrueType. I've seen a few linux distro packages of gd (such as that for Slackware) that are linked to Freetype v1. Once that's all set up, you should be able to use a Type 1 font in the normal way using GD::Text:
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