unfortunately, I’m not an expert at all but I think GD and truetype are running just fine - would you mind having a look at the phpinfo file - the link is in the first entry.
thanks again
Interesting, the following code is working:
<?php
header ("Content-type: image/png");
$im = ImageCreate (250, 100);
$white = ImageColorAllocate ($im, 255, 255, 255);
$text_color = ImageColorAllocate ($im, 233, 0 , 233);
// Five built in fonts 1..5
// (Arguments: image, font-id, x, y, text, color);
ImageString ($im, 1, 5, 5, "Hello world", $text_color);
ImageString ($im, 2, 5, 25, "Hello world", $text_color);
ImageString ($im, 3, 5, 45, "Hello world", $text_color);
ImageString ($im, 4, 5, 65, "Hello world", $text_color);
ImageString ($im, 5, 5, 85, "Hello world", $text_color);
ImagePng ($im);
?>