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cameron_m · Smarty Rookie Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 15

We were having a play round with writing a create_image_png function and placed the overview to how we did it on our blog.

We needed to be able to generate a image file for a replacement header image in a non-web font.

Have a read here, it will outline what is required to achieve it:
http://www.melbournechapter.net/wordpress/programming-languages/php/cman/2006/03/23/basic-image-text-generation-in-view/

Allows you to do a similar {create_image_png text="Hello World" param=$configuration} and get a (cached) filename reference to the image. The post discusses the way of implementing it using simple caching.

Hope it helps you implement your solution, If you have any suggestions please feel free to post on our blog.

Cheers
Cameron

McSodbrenner · Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 8:23 am Post subject:

Maybe this is interesting for you.
There is a plugin in the wiki which does the same. You can find it at:
http://www.cerdmann.com/imagetext/

Greets,
Christoph
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cameron_m · Smarty Rookie Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 15

Thanks for the reply! Smile

I have updated my blog to have a link to his version. It appears to be a good implementation of it, main advantage having the styles in a ini file (Better seperation from the controller which I like).

I am still trying to figure out if he supports transparent PNG images? I will still use ours for now until then.

Cheers
Cameron

McSodbrenner · Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 8:46 am Post subject:

Hi Cameron,

probably I will implement the PNG support when the IE 7 finally comes out and there is a stable PNG transparency support in all browsers. Before I do not really see the necessity...

Greets,
Christoph

BTW: Thanks for the link Very Happy

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cameron_m · Smarty Rookie Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 15

Hiya Again, Thanks for your reply

We have needed to be able to render fonts over a background image. We have used a simple IE hack (JavaScript) which so far has been everything we need.

You can learn more about the Javascript hack on my post on my blog:
http://www.melbournechapter.net/wordpress/programming-languages/cman/2006/03/20/png-alpha-for-msie/

A colleague posted a JavaScript file that (when loaded) obtains a list of the DOM images that are PNG and manages to fix the compliance. You can simply include the javascript as a reference in the <head></head> tags and you are good to go.

Hope it helps.
Cheers
Cameron
P.S. Not a problem RE the link. Anytime Smile

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McSodbrenner · Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:49 am Post subject:

Hi Cameron,

take a look at the wiki: Smile

http://smarty.incutio.com/?page=PNGImageOutputFilter

I used the sleight-js for several projects. Seems to be similar to the script your colleague posted... but I will probably switch to the filter cause it does not require Javascript. Perfect!

When I have plenty of time I will implement PNG support... perhaps Smile

Greets,
McSod
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core2 · Smarty n00b Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 4

This is not smarty related, but is not bad alternative to font titles.

It's a flash titles, generated dynamicly, from custum font. It's saves a lot of traffic if you using it for many titles, becouse it's download a flash font just once (10-20K) and generates titles with flash. It's verry easy to use. I'm sure that can be maked plugin for smarty.

Cool example can be found here:
http://tests.novemberborn.net/sifr/full-page.xhtml

Home page:
http://wiki.novemberborn.net/sifr

p.s. Sorry for my bad english. Feel free to edit my post ;)