php-gdHow to draw text with shadow
To simulate shadow, we just draw our text 2 times with a small shift in position:
<?php
$im = imagecreatetruecolor(400, 300);
$c_black = imageColorAllocate($im, 0,0,0);
$c_green = imageColorAllocate($im, 46,204,64);
$c_shadow = imageColorAllocate($im, 96,96,96);
$font = '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf';
imagettftext($im, 40, 0, 104, 104, $c_shadow, $font, 'Hi!');
imagettftext($im, 40, 0, 100, 100, $c_green, $font, 'Hi!');
imagePng($im, '/tmp/image.png');ctrl + cimagecreatetruecolorcreates true color GD image object with specified width & height | imageColorAllocatecreates color object to later use in image |
$fontpath to | imagettftextdraw text with given |
$c_greentext color | $c_shadowtext shadow color |
104, 104shadow coordinates are shifted by 4 pixels | |
Usage example
<?php
$im = imagecreatetruecolor(400, 300);
$c_black = imageColorAllocate($im, 0,0,0);
$c_green = imageColorAllocate($im, 46,204,64);
$c_shadow = imageColorAllocate($im, 96,96,96);
$font = '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf';
imagettftext($im, 40, 0, 104, 104, $c_shadow, $font, 'Hi!');
imagettftext($im, 40, 0, 100, 100, $c_green, $font, 'Hi!');
imagePng($im, '/tmp/image.png');