First off, this is a great module! Any problem or shortcoming that I've come across is more an issue with the PHP library than the module developer, AFAICT.

I was wondering if it was possible to add a letterspacing option to the preset? Obviously, letterspacing should be used sparingly, but it would be a nice option.

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I'd also be interested in seeing this.

I hacked my own letterspacing (aka letter-spacing; tracking) together from this issue on leading: http://drupal.org/node/493978#comment-2194350

Other code was required to make sure the boundary box became wide enough.

However, there seemed to be *kerning* problems. (i.e., the space between some letters was uneven.)

I don't know what's necessarily to blame. Perhaps GD. I just don't know how well it handles type, and it's possible that it has shortcomings which will always constrain Textimage.

Any ideas, devs/others?

Many thanks.

--edit: I've just had a search around php.net, and it does seem that others have reported issues with this .. e.g.:

http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51571
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=50194
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=50958

There is a talk of a fix, but it all seems a bit specific, and while I might be able to convince my server's admin to modify the PHP installation in some way, they might not take well to a non-stable patch, etc.

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