Posted by -Lost on 06/07/07 17:24

-Lost wrote:
> gbbulldog wrote:
>> On 6 Jun, 05:34, -Lost <maventheextrawo...@techie.com> wrote:
>>> Anyone know offhand how to center a text within the bounding box of an
>>> image (width-wise at least) without the Freetype library?
>>>
>>> GD- or ImageMagick-specifc code would do nicely.
>>>
>> 1. Determine the width of the image.
>> 2. Determine the width of the text, (I'm assuming you'll be outputting
>> text using TTF?), using imagettfbbox()
>> 3. The left-hand position of the text should be : (image's width / 2)
>> - (text width / 2)
>
> Thanks!

Ooops! I have no clue why I said thanks.

I specifically said "without the Freetype library."

That function depends on its functionality to work as expected.

Thanks though.

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