hello,all: I have already installed gd-1.8.4 in php-4.1.2 with some libraries,such as libpng -1.2.0,freetype-1.3,zlib-1.1.4,freetype2,in my apache server which version is 1.3.24,and "phpinfo()" display php can support such soft,as follow: GD Support---------------------------enabled GD Version---------------------------1.6.2 or higher FreeType Support---------------------enabled FreeType Linkage---------------------with freetype JPG Support--------------------------enabled PNG Support--------------------------enabled WBMP Support-------------------------enabled But when I used the function related with ttf,like ImageTTFText or ImageTTFBox,I found it useless,in other words,no pictures were displayed in my IE. I don't understand why,is gd-1.8.4 can not support these functions? ps:my test code <? //define the type of inputting picture; Heder("content-type:image/png"); //create picture $pic=imagecreate(240,30); //define color $black=imagecolorallocate($pic,0,0,0); $white=imagecolorallocate($pic,255,255,255); //define font copied from windows2000 $font="fonts/simhei.ttf"; //define characters to output $str = chr(0xE8).chr(0xB5).chr(0x9B).chr(0xE8).chr(0xBF).chr(0xAA).chr(0xE7).chr(0xBD).chr(0 x91)." www.ccidnet.com"; //write ttf in picture imageTTFText($pic,20,0,10,20,$white,$font,$str); //create png picture imagepng($pic); //release the memory occupied by the picture imagedestroy($pic); ?> Can anybody give a reply? Thank you zhaoxd