what i did a while ago (before I discovered sIFR) a client was: - create a separate image for each letter and punctuation mark in the font they wanted to use, naming each image file according to what is in it (A.png, B.png, ect). NOTE: the font they used was uppercase-only, so i was spared creating upper AND lowercase images... NOTE 2: some punctuation marks can't be used in filenames on a windows comp, so had to rename them to some other character which were unlikely to be used in a text string, like $ for space, [ for ., etc. - in the text string replace any chars that are not allowed in file names with the ones i used instead. - loop through the text string letter-by-letter outputting images instead.
worked pretty well: www.mekongspirit.com - all page titles are done this way i suspect it may not be too great for SEO purposes, though... hth Azadi Saryev Sabai-dee.com http://www.sabai-dee.com/ David Moore, Jr. wrote: > C Wrote:> Not to rule out other options, but try setting the background color > when the image object is created: ><cfset myImage=ImageNew("",500,20, "rgb", > "ffffff")> > Though, I do not think you want to create the images every time > the page loads. > That helps, but I still need help. It did do the trick, but is it the best > solution? I am not going to create it each time. Just each time they need new > text. I will build an image inventory and check to see if the FileExists. I > hate the way this will work, but I can't talk them into doing it any other > way. > > I am using a combination of sIFR and this. (I got the sIFR working late last > night). I don't like any of it, but an Agency created the design using > ScalaSans everywhere, even with me explaining how text resolves. And the site > is completely dynamic. Has anyone else run into this and found a better > solution. > > If text comes out of a database dynamically and it must be a non-universal > font, is there any other solution other than Text to Image or sIFR? > > Thanks, > > ~David Moore > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:311721 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
