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Hello Ben,

Thursday, August 30, 2007, 9:39:20 AM, you wrote:

> Hello,

> I did just as you stated. No luck.

> I grabbed the file from windows and mac (.ttf) checked the path, tried a few
> variations, and made sure the $options array had the values set before
> passing to the function.

> I want to say its a path issue, but I've tried both relative and absolute
> paths.

> Any ideas?

> - Ben

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> Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] PEAR CAPTCHA Problems


>> Find a ttf file, any ttf file(if your using windows, take a look in your 
>> control panel->fonts folder
>>
>> Upload it to the server and put it somewhere readable by your web program.
>>
>> Set the options appropriately, ie:
>>
>> |// Set CAPTCHA options (font must exist!)
>> $options = array(
>>    'font_size' => 24,
>>    'font_path' => './',
>>    'font_file' => 'COUR.TTF'
>> );
>>
>> Where font_path is the full path to your font file
>> and font_file is your font file(make sure case matches!)
>>
>> Make sure to pass your options to the functions that require them.
>>
>>
>> A little prayer couldn't hurt. :-)
>>
>> (Captcha images are a royal PITA due to the font issues, ability to write 
>> to the correct directory, and whether or not you have GD or freetype or 
>> ImageMagick or whatever they want installed)
>>
>>
>>
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Hello Ben,

All the captcha scripts that I have worked with either use an explicit
path to the specific font or the font has been in the same folder as
the script that calls it. In your example, the font would need to be
in the same folder as the script that sets up the options array, I
think.

HTH,

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 mikesz                            mailto:mikesz at qualityadvantages.com