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From: Toby Thain <toby@smartgames.ca>
Subject: Re: [Tiff] toolbox for drawing graphics primitives ?
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On 29-Jul-07, at 3:29 PM, Oliver Geisen wrote:

> Hello,
>
> i want to create images from scratch and therefore need fx to draw  
> basic elements like squares, circles, lines, filled or outlined,  
> and text (!).
>
> Is there any attempt to build a supporting lib/tools for that?
> How can i create text in an image? Yes, there must be fonts, but  
> which one to use and how to build routines to "render" them into  
> graphics memory.
> I'm shure all this is done before, but maybe someone like to share  
> his experience with me/us :-)

Try http://www.boutell.com/gd/

--Toby

>
> Thanks,
>
> Oliver
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