making graphics with php - problem with text

[gnznroses]

i'm creating graphics on the fly using php, and when i use a transparent background and then print text to the graphic, it doesn't look right when viewed on a black background. the text is anti-aliased over a white background. hard to explain so i'll show ya:



looks fine there, but now look:
http://bashfreebieguide.com/temp/badgif.html

any way to fix this?

[kwvarga]

Are you using code like this?

PHP Code:

$image = imagecreatetruecolor(192, 36);
$trans_color = imagecolorallocate($image, 255, 0, 0);
$color = imagecolorallocate($image, 255, 255, 255);
imagecolortransparent($image, $trans_color);
imagettftext($image, 10, 0, 10, 23, $color, "impact.ttf", " MENU ITEM");
imagegif($image, "output.gif");
imagedestroy($image); 


[gnznroses]

yeah, pretty much:

     $white = imagecolorallocate($mygraphic, 255, 255, 255);
      $black = imagecolorallocate($mygraphic, 0, 0, 0);

$bgcolor = imagecolortransparent($mygraphic, $white);
imagefilledrectangle($mygraphic, 0, 0, $width, $$height, $bgcolor);

imagettftext($mygraphic, $textsize, 0, $curX, $curY, $curcolor, $font, $txt);

      imagegif($mygraphic, $username . ".gif");
      imagedestroy($mygraphic);

[kwvarga]

Not sure, I know its transparency is shaky at best,

should try routing through ImageMagick if you can