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# imagepsloadfont

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

imagepsloadfont — Load a PostScript Type 1 font from file

### Description

resource imagepsloadfont ( string `$filename` )

Load a PostScript Type 1 font from the given `filename`.

### Parameters

`filename`

  Path to the Postscript font file.

### Return Values

In the case everything went right, a valid font index will be returned and can be used for further purposes. Otherwise the function returns `FALSE`.

### Examples

Example #1 imagepsloadfont() example

`<?php
// Create a new image instance
$im = imagecreatetruecolor(350, 45);
// Allocate colors and fill the background
$black = imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0, 0);
$white = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255);
imagefilledrectangle($im, 0, 0, 349, 44, $white);
// Load a font, write to the image and free the font from memory
$font = imagepsloadfont("bchbi.pfb");
imagepstext($im, "Testing... It worked!", $font, 32, $white, $black, 32, 32);
imagepsfreefont($font);
// Output the image
header('Content-type: image/png');
imagepng($im);
imagedestroy($im);
?>`

### Notes

> Note: This function is only available if PHP is compiled using --with-t1lib[=DIR] .

### See Also

- imagepsfreefont() - Free memory used by a PostScript Type 1 font

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