# imagepsloadfont

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

imagepsloadfont — Load a PostScript Type 1 font from file

### Description

resource imagepsloadfont ( string `$filename` )

Load a PostScript Type 1 font from the given `filename` .

### Parameters

`filename`

### Return Values

In the case everything went right, a valid font index will be returned and can be used for further purposes. Otherwise the function returns `FALSE`.

### Examples

Example#1 imagepsloadfont() example

`<?php
header("Content-type: image/png");
$im = imagecreatetruecolor(350, 45);
$black = imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0, 0);
$white = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255);
imagefilledrectangle($im, 0, 0, 349, 44, $white);
$font = imagepsloadfont("bchbi.pfb"); // or locate your .pfb files on your machine
imagepstext($im, "Testing... It worked!", $font, 32, $white, $black, 32, 32);
imagepsfreefont($font);
imagepng($im);
imagedestroy($im);
?>`

### Notes

> Note: This function is only available if PHP is compiled using --with-t1lib[=DIR].

### See Also

- imagepsfreefont()