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davidefa wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 3:02 pm You can try this modified script, I only modified line 200 and 203 ( from "fonts" to "./fonts" )
Maybe you only have a font path problem ( I had the same problem with a few old scripts of mine )

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In the stickers plugin settings there is no save button

spd2612 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 29, 2021 10:04 pm Do you mean of that whole server
My servers are all virtual running on esxi7.0

$font = realpath("./Roboto-Bold.ttf");        // font ( need to specify font with path )

davidefa wrote: ↑Sat Oct 30, 2021 9:56 am

spd2612 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 29, 2021 10:04 pm Do you mean of that whole server
My servers are all virtual running on esxi7.0

Sorry, not familiar with 'that thing'.
I think you should pinpoint the problem with a simple script like the attached one ( it works on my server ).
It should create a 400x200 red image with a white "Hello world"
If the writing is not shown the only culprit should be the 'imagettftext' in line 12 and the only reason for this should be that php does not find the font ( so you need to modify the font definition in line 4, using a relative/absolute path, specifying a 'system' font... )
Clearly not sure about that.

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You could try in line 4:

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$font = realpath("./Roboto-Bold.ttf");        // font ( need to specify font with path )

or something like that

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Another thing to check ( don't remember if already checked ) is freetype support in php:


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As a last resort you could use the imagestring function ( you already found working correctly ):
use imageloadfont to load a bitmap font ( you need one font for each size used ) and write it with imagestring.
This is without antialiasing so the look could be a little 'pixelated'



hello.zip

<?php
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);

$w = 400;
$h = 200;
$font = "../fonts/Roboto-Bold.ttf";        // font ( need to specify font with path )
$size = 24;							// text size

$img = imagecreatetruecolor($w, $h);
$bgColor = imagecolorallocate($img, 255, 0, 0);				// background color ( RGB format ) -> red
$fontColor = imagecolorallocate($img, 255, 255, 255);		// text color ( RGB format ) -> white
imagefilledrectangle($img, 0, 0, $w, $h, $bgColor);

imagettftext($img, $size, 0, 40, 80, $fontColor, $font, "Hello world");

header("Content-type: image/png");
imagepng($img);
imagedestroy($img);
?>

davidefa wrote: ↑Sat Oct 30, 2021 1:49 pm We need an error showing what's going wrong.
Try adding this at the top of the script:

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ini_set('display_errors', 1);
ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);

Or try adding some error logging via php.ini/.htaccess ( see this or similar links )