Requirements for using Textimage module:
- GD2
- Freetype

Really don't have a clue...
Studied all six lines of documentation, but no.

Must be me ;-)

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wundo commented

You need GD - http://www.php.net/gd - to create the textimage images, and freetype - http://www.freetype.org/ - if you want to user others fonts than the system default...

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sodani commented

I have been having trouble with this too. It looks like you need to know SSH in order to install this. I wish this was just available as a module.

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madison1234 commented

Captcha seems to be working for me now even though I didn't install GD2 or Freetype...

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wundo commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)
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verta commented
Version: 4.7.x-1.x-dev » 6.x-2.x-dev
Category: support » feature
Status: Closed (fixed) » Active

Documentation request - the information in #1 would be a great addition to the main page, and the README file for this project.

Been a long time since this issue was added, and it's still just as hard on new users to get started with the existing doc.

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mikeaja commented

I am surprised there are not more people with questions about this....... as the OP said...... maybe it is just me????

That Freetype link leads to a project for a desktop C++ application. Not quite sure what we are supposed to do with that.

Also, confused why wundo said "if you want to user others fonts than the system default..." when the module is setup to not allow a preset unless fonts are in the textimage fonts directory.

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mikeaja commented

Ok, so I've worked this out. Just for others who are confused, please ignore the links and info given by wundo above (sorry wundo!).

Both GD and Freetype are things your hosting company can install on the server.

To use this module, you need to ignore the the info on the module settings page about fonts. You have to set a directory, you can't use the system fonts (the module doesn't allow for directory to be blank).

The key to make this work is:

1) your server needs gd and freetype support (unless you are a server admin, your hosting company does this)

2) you need to create a font directory somewhere within your Drupal install, and make this writeable

3) find some truetype fonts (from your pc or download) and put them in this folder

4) use the path to this folder as the path in the module settings page

Hope that makes sense.

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wundo commented

Please pay attention to the date from my original post, it's from 2006, lots of things changed since then. :)

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wundo commented
Assigned: Unassigned » wundo
Status: Active » Fixed

I've updated the README.txt and added some documentation, marking as resolved.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.