Font in code

[carlbernardi]

Hi,

I was wondering if there is way use a font that is somehow kept in the
code instead of having to load it? I am working on a single script
that so far can produce images and html but I have not been able to
figure out a way that it can also produce a font.

Thanks

Carl
http://www.gaihosa.com

[The Natural Philosopher]

ca**********@gm ail.com wrote:

Hi,

I was wondering if there is way use a font that is somehow kept in the
code instead of having to load it? I am working on a single script
that so far can produce images and html but I have not been able to
figure out a way that it can also produce a font.

Thanks

Carl
http://www.gaihosa.com

You can send PDF's? And embed fonts.

If you want a tight document format, thats generally the way to do it.

[Erwin Moller]

ca**********@gm ail.com schreef:

Hi,

I was wondering if there is way use a font that is somehow kept in the
code instead of having to load it? I am working on a single script
that so far can produce images and html but I have not been able to
figure out a way that it can also produce a font.

Thanks

Carl
http://www.gaihosa.com

Hi Carl,

PHP doesn't use fonts itself: It is just code.

Some things that might be relevant:
- You can produce HTML/CSS that says to the browser which font to use.
- You can use fonts when producing images. (In that case the fonts PHP
needs must be available to PHP, duh).
- You PHP IDE can in most cases change its font (probably options-etc)

What is it excactly you are asking for?

Regards,
Erwin Moller

[carlbernardi]

I know this sounds very odd. I'll better explain what I am trying to
do.

When my script calls for an image I let the it know via the query
variables as so: <image src="myscript.p hp?mode=image" />. When my
script is accessed in this fashion it only returns an image. It's also
does the same for the Ajax (which controlls the form), "myscript.p hp?
mode=ajax" and the HTML, "myscript.php?m ode=html". Everything is
inline except the loading of fonts that are not in the GD Library.
That is the last thing I am hoping to accomplish such as so:

$image = imagecreatetrue color(59, 20);
$text_color = imagecoloralloc ate($im, 0, 0, 0);
imagettftext($i mage, 10, 0, 3, 15, $text_color, "myscript.p hp?
mode=font", "my font");
if($mode == font){
echo $font;
}

Ofcourse this doesn't work so I thought I would ask.
Thankyou for all of your answers.
Carl.
http://www.gaihosa.com

On May 6, 5:26 am, Erwin Moller
<Since_humans_r ead_this_I_am_s pammed_too_m... @spamyourself.c omwrote:

carlberna...@gm ail.com schreef:

Hi,

I was wondering if there is way use a font that is somehow kept in the
code instead of having to load it? I am working on a single script
that so far can produce images and html but I have not been able to
figure out a way that it can also produce a font.

Thanks

Carl

http://www.gaihosa.com

Hi Carl,

PHP doesn't use fonts itself: It is just code.

Some things that might be relevant:
- You can produce HTML/CSS that says to the browser which font to use.
- You can use fonts when producing images. (In that case the fonts PHP
needs must be available to PHP, duh).
- You PHP IDE can in most cases change its font (probably options-etc)

What is it excactly you are asking for?

Regards,
Erwin Moller

[carlbernardi]

I know this sounds very odd. I'll better explain what I am trying to
do.

When my script calls for an image I let the it know via the query
variables as so: <image src="myscript.p hp?mode=image" />. When my
script is accessed in this fashion it only returns an image. It's also
does the same for the Ajax (which controlls the form), "myscript.p hp?
mode=ajax" and the HTML, "myscript.php?m ode=html". Everything is
inline except the loading of fonts that are not in the GD Library.
That is the last thing I am hoping to accomplish such as so:

$image = imagecreatetrue color(59, 20);
$text_color = imagecoloralloc ate($im, 0, 0, 0);
imagettftext($i mage, 10, 0, 3, 15, $text_color, "myscript.p hp?
mode=font", "my font");
if($mode == font){
echo $font;
}

Ofcourse this doesn't work so I thought I would ask.
Thankyou for all of your answers.
Carl.
http://www.gaihosa.com

On May 6, 5:26 am, Erwin Moller
<Since_humans_r ead_this_I_am_s pammed_too_m... @spamyourself.c omwrote:

carlberna...@gm ail.com schreef:

Hi,

I was wondering if there is way use a font that is somehow kept in the
code instead of having to load it? I am working on a single script
that so far can produce images and html but I have not been able to
figure out a way that it can also produce a font.

Thanks

Carl

http://www.gaihosa.com

Hi Carl,

PHP doesn't use fonts itself: It is just code.

Some things that might be relevant:
- You can produce HTML/CSS that says to the browser which font to use.
- You can use fonts when producing images. (In that case the fonts PHP
needs must be available to PHP, duh).
- You PHP IDE can in most cases change its font (probably options-etc)

What is it excactly you are asking for?

Regards,
Erwin Moller

[Captain Paralytic]

On 6 May, 13:15, "carlberna...@g mail.com" <carlberna...@g mail.com>
wrote:

On May 6, 5:26 am, Erwin Moller

<Since_humans_r ead_this_I_am_s pammed_too_m... @spamyourself.c omwrote:

carlberna...@gm ail.com schreef:

Hi,

I was wondering if there is way use a font that is somehow kept in the
code instead of having to load it? I am working on a single script
that so far can produce images and html but I have not been able to
figure out a way that it can also produce a font.

Thanks

Carl

>http://www.gaihosa.com

Hi Carl,

PHP doesn't use fonts itself: It is just code.

Some things that might be relevant:
- You can produce HTML/CSS that says to the browser which font to use.
- You can use fonts when producing images. (In that case the fonts PHP
needs must be available to PHP, duh).
- You PHP IDE can in most cases change its font (probably options-etc)

What is it excactly you are asking for?

Regards,
Erwin Moller

I know this sounds very odd. I'll better explain what I am trying to
do.

When my script calls for an image I let the it know via the query
variables as so: <image src="myscript.p hp?mode=image" />. When my
script is accessed in this fashion it only returns an image. It's also
does the same for the Ajax (which controlls the form), "myscript.p hp?
mode=ajax" and the HTML, "myscript.php?m ode=html". Everything is
inline except the loading of fonts that are not in the GD Library.
That is the last thing I am hoping to accomplish such as so:

$image = imagecreatetrue color(59, 20);
$text_color = imagecoloralloc ate($im, 0, 0, 0);
imagettftext($i mage, 10, 0, 3, 15, $text_color, "myscript.p hp?
mode=font", "my font");

if($mode == font){
echo $font;

}

Ofcourse this doesn't work so I thought I would ask.

Thankyou for all of your answers.

Carl.

http://www.gaihosa.com

Please do not top post (top posting fixed)

It is still not at all obvious what you are trying to do.

You never load anything into $font, so you can't write it out.

But even ignoring that, what do you expct to be in $font?

Calling imagettftext($i mage, 10, 0, 3, 15, $text_color, "myscript.p hp?
mode=font", "my font"); will put the text "my font" into the image,
except that the font you have specified
"myscript.php?m ode=font" is not valid.

An echo command outputs something to the browser, but what you want to
do is have a value for a font, inside the code.

I assume that you are not showing us the whole URLs as "myscript.p hp?
mode=image" has no way to specify what image is to be retrieved.

Is this possibly what you are looking for:

$image = imagecreatetrue color(59, 20);
$text_color = imagecoloralloc ate($im, 0, 0, 0);
imagettftext($i mage, 10, 0, 3, 15, $text_color, $_GET['fonttype'], "my
font");

[carlbernardi]

On May 6, 8:51 am, Captain Paralytic <paul_laut...@y ahoo.comwrote:

On 6 May, 13:15, "carlberna...@g mail.com" <carlberna...@g mail.com>
wrote:

On May 6, 5:26 am, Erwin Moller

<Since_humans_r ead_this_I_am_s pammed_too_m... @spamyourself.c omwrote:

carlberna...@gm ail.com schreef:

Hi,

I was wondering if there is way use a font that is somehow kept in the
code instead of having to load it? I am working on a single script
that so far can produce images and html but I have not been able to
figure out a way that it can also produce a font.

Thanks

Carl

http://www.gaihosa.com

Hi Carl,

PHP doesn't use fonts itself: It is just code.

Some things that might be relevant:
- You can produce HTML/CSS that says to the browser which font to use.
- You can use fonts when producing images. (In that case the fonts PHP
needs must be available to PHP, duh).
- You PHP IDE can in most cases change its font (probably options-etc)

What is it excactly you are asking for?

Regards,
Erwin Moller

I know this sounds very odd. I'll better explain what I am trying to
do.

When my script calls for an image I let the it know via the query
variables as so: <image src="myscript.p hp?mode=image" />. When my
script is accessed in this fashion it only returns an image. It's also
does the same for the Ajax (which controlls the form), "myscript.p hp?
mode=ajax" and the HTML, "myscript.php?m ode=html". Everything is
inline except the loading of fonts that are not in the GD Library.
That is the last thing I am hoping to accomplish such as so:

$image = imagecreatetrue color(59, 20);
$text_color = imagecoloralloc ate($im, 0, 0, 0);
imagettftext($i mage, 10, 0, 3, 15, $text_color, "myscript.p hp?
mode=font", "my font");

if($mode == font){
echo $font;

}

Ofcourse this doesn't work so I thought I would ask.

Thankyou for all of your answers.

Carl.

http://www.gaihosa.com

Please do not top post (top posting fixed)

It is still not at all obvious what you are trying to do.

You never load anything into $font, so you can't write it out.

But even ignoring that, what do you expct to be in $font?

Calling imagettftext($i mage, 10, 0, 3, 15, $text_color, "myscript.p hp?
mode=font", "my font"); will put the text "my font" into the image,
except that the font you have specified
"myscript.php?m ode=font" is not valid.

An echo command outputs something to the browser, but what you want to
do is have a value for a font, inside the code.

I assume that you are not showing us the whole URLs as "myscript.p hp?
mode=image" has no way to specify what image is to be retrieved.

Is this possibly what you are looking for:

$image = imagecreatetrue color(59, 20);
$text_color = imagecoloralloc ate($im, 0, 0, 0);
imagettftext($i mage, 10, 0, 3, 15, $text_color, $_GET['fonttype'], "my
font");

Just wondering if there is a way to embed a font in your code such as
in a PDF.

[carlbernardi]

On May 6, 8:51 am, Captain Paralytic <paul_laut...@y ahoo.comwrote:

On 6 May, 13:15, "carlberna...@g mail.com" <carlberna...@g mail.com>
wrote:

On May 6, 5:26 am, Erwin Moller

<Since_humans_r ead_this_I_am_s pammed_too_m... @spamyourself.c omwrote:

carlberna...@gm ail.com schreef:

Hi,

I was wondering if there is way use a font that is somehow kept in the
code instead of having to load it? I am working on a single script
that so far can produce images and html but I have not been able to
figure out a way that it can also produce a font.

Thanks

Carl

http://www.gaihosa.com

Hi Carl,

PHP doesn't use fonts itself: It is just code.

Some things that might be relevant:
- You can produce HTML/CSS that says to the browser which font to use.
- You can use fonts when producing images. (In that case the fonts PHP
needs must be available to PHP, duh).
- You PHP IDE can in most cases change its font (probably options-etc)

What is it excactly you are asking for?

Regards,
Erwin Moller

I know this sounds very odd. I'll better explain what I am trying to
do.

When my script calls for an image I let the it know via the query
variables as so: <image src="myscript.p hp?mode=image" />. When my
script is accessed in this fashion it only returns an image. It's also
does the same for the Ajax (which controlls the form), "myscript.p hp?
mode=ajax" and the HTML, "myscript.php?m ode=html". Everything is
inline except the loading of fonts that are not in the GD Library.
That is the last thing I am hoping to accomplish such as so:

$image = imagecreatetrue color(59, 20);
$text_color = imagecoloralloc ate($im, 0, 0, 0);
imagettftext($i mage, 10, 0, 3, 15, $text_color, "myscript.p hp?
mode=font", "my font");

if($mode == font){
echo $font;

}

Ofcourse this doesn't work so I thought I would ask.

Thankyou for all of your answers.

Carl.

http://www.gaihosa.com

Please do not top post (top posting fixed)

It is still not at all obvious what you are trying to do.

You never load anything into $font, so you can't write it out.

But even ignoring that, what do you expct to be in $font?

Calling imagettftext($i mage, 10, 0, 3, 15, $text_color, "myscript.p hp?
mode=font", "my font"); will put the text "my font" into the image,
except that the font you have specified
"myscript.php?m ode=font" is not valid.

An echo command outputs something to the browser, but what you want to
do is have a value for a font, inside the code.

I assume that you are not showing us the whole URLs as "myscript.p hp?
mode=image" has no way to specify what image is to be retrieved.

Is this possibly what you are looking for:

$image = imagecreatetrue color(59, 20);
$text_color = imagecoloralloc ate($im, 0, 0, 0);
imagettftext($i mage, 10, 0, 3, 15, $text_color, $_GET['fonttype'], "my
font");

Just wondering if there is a way to embed a font in your code such as
in a PDF.

[Rik Wasmus]

On Tue, 06 May 2008 21:58:13 +0200, Jerry Stuckle
<js*******@attg lobal.netwrote:

Rik Wasmus wrote:

>On Tue, 06 May 2008 19:18:01 +0200, Jerry Stuckle
<js*******@att global.netwrote :

>>No, as others have said - PHP doesn't use fonts. It generates HTML.

You can create an image, but the font you use must be available in a
font file.

Well, theoretically PHP could create/output a font file, and
theoreticall y one could 'embed' the binary code in a static variable in
the code. Noone in his right mind would do this of course.

I thought about that, but I suspect the font file accessed with
fopen()/fread() or similar. And since the functions don't take a URL
(AFAIK, anyway), I don't know of any way to duplicate that in PHP.

A quick check here confirms it: normal streams cannot be used as it seems
(probably because it will actually be GD doing the fopen()ing), it has to
be a file.
--
Rik Wasmus

[Lars Eighner]

In our last episode,
<39************ *************** *******@j22g200 0hsf.googlegrou ps.com>, the
lovely and talented ca**********@gm ail.com broadcast on comp.lang.php:

Just wondering if there is a way to embed a font in your code such as
in a PDF.

This still is not making much sense. I think by "code" you mean html
markup. If so, the answer is 'no,' you cannot use PHP to generate html that
does stuff html cannot do.

If you cannot write a prototype document in HTML that does what you want in
HTML, you cannot get PHP to generate an HTML document that somehow does
something magical that HTML cannot do.

You could have a browser-side script that tried to install a font in the
browser for use with your document, but that isn't HTML and it isn't PHP,
and whether or exactly how to do this is subject matter for a browser-side
scripting group.

You can indicate a preferred font in a style element or attribute in HTML or
in the deprecated font element, but if the browser does not have that font,
it will fall back on something generic --- which is why it is a good idea to
have a list of fonts, increasing in generality up to a generic font family.

If you must have PDF-like control over the appearance of your document,
serve pdf.

--
Lars Eighner <http://larseighner.com/us****@larseigh ner.com
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