PS Font

[Subhash]

Hello,
I have been trying to use .pfb fonts (Type 1) to generate dynamic
images. However the text in the images is very aliased and blurred.
This is of course not because of the font or the font style itself.
Please let me know if you have any ideas or opinions about it. Code
snippet:

$SIZE = 14;
$FONT_PATH = "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/hell.pfb";
$FONT = ImagePSLoadFont ($FONT_PATH);
$im = ImageCreate(100 , 100);
$white = ImageColorAlloc ate($im, 255, 255, 255);
$gray = ImageColorAlloc ate($im, 134, 134, 134);

// draw
ImagePSText($im , $str, $FONT, $SIZE, $gray, $gray, 0, $SIZE,0,0,0,16) ;
ImagePSFreeFont ($FONT);

Thanks.

[Chung Leong]

Re: PS Font

In general, Type 1 fonts don't look very good at small point sizes. You
might want to generate the image at a large size and then resample it down.
Also, if I remember correctly, the FreeType rasterer can perform
anti-aliasing on true-color bitmaps. Try using imagecreatetrue color()
instead of imagecreate() and see if you see any improvement.

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> Hello,
> I have been trying to use .pfb fonts (Type 1) to generate dynamic
> images. However the text in the images is very aliased and blurred.
> This is of course not because of the font or the font style itself.
> Please let me know if you have any ideas or opinions about it. Code
> snippet:
>
> $SIZE = 14;
> $FONT_PATH = "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/hell.pfb";
> $FONT = ImagePSLoadFont ($FONT_PATH);
> $im = ImageCreate(100 , 100);
> $white = ImageColorAlloc ate($im, 255, 255, 255);
> $gray = ImageColorAlloc ate($im, 134, 134, 134);
>
> // draw
> ImagePSText($im , $str, $FONT, $SIZE, $gray, $gray, 0, $SIZE,0,0,0,16) ;
> ImagePSFreeFont ($FONT);
>
> Thanks.[/color]