เป็นฟังก์ชั่นให้เขียนข้อความลงในรูปโดยใช้ TrueType fonts.
ตัวอย่าง
<?php
//?Set?the?content-type
header('Content-type:?image/png');
//?Create?the?image
$im = imagecreatetruecolor(400, 30);
//?Create?some?colors
$white = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255);
$grey = imagecolorallocate($im, 128, 128, 128);
$black = imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0, 0);
imagefilledrectangle($im, 0, 0, 399, 29, $white);
//?The?text?to?draw
$text = 'Testing...';
//?Replace?path?by?your?own?font?path
$font = 'arial.ttf';
//?Add?some?shadow?to?the?text
imagettftext($im, 20, 0, 11, 21, $grey, $font, $text);
//?Add?the?text
imagettftext($im, 20, 0, 10, 20, $black, $font, $text);
//?Using?imagepng()?results?in?clearer?text?compared?with?imagejpeg()
imagepng($im);
imagedestroy($im);
?> 