Re: GD text positioning


"IanW" <whoever@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am writing some text on an image like this:

$im->stringFT($colour,"c:/winnt/fonts/verdana.ttf",8,0,10,10,"Processor
Usage");

The problem is the positioning. It seems to start 10 pixels from the left
of the image OK, but only 2 pixels down on the y coordinate. In fact, the
coords of the bottom left edge of the "P" in "Processor" is 10,10. Does it
really render it starting from there? That isn't even the bottom-left edge
of the bounding box either, because there's the tail of the "g" to
consider.

Any ideas how can I accurately position the text?

Ian


Yes it does start from there. It also returns the bounding box but you are
throwing away the return value, try:

my $bounds =
$im->stringFT($colour,"c:/winnt/fonts/verdana.ttf",8,0,10,10,"Processor
Usage");

and you will find that:
@bounds[0,1] Lower left corner (x,y)
@bounds[2,3] Lower right corner (x,y)
@bounds[4,5] Upper right corner (x,y)
@bounds[6,7] Upper left corner (x,y)(see the man page of GD for further
details)Dave


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