Description:
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This does not appear to work in 5.2.4.

The gd_info() functions reports it's compatible with gd 2.0.34 - according to the boutelle site this was fixed in 2.0.33
http://www.boutell.com/gd/manual2.0.33.html (search on umlaute).

This *does* work with the external GD library supplied with the OS distribution. The external was using php5.2.3 without built-in gd support (loosing 8 gd functions in the bargin - ouch).

I am testing the following to test:

<?php
   header("Content-type: image/png");
   $im = imagecreatetruecolor(400, 30);
   $white = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255);
   $black = imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0, 0);
   imagefilledrectangle($im, 0, 0, 399, 29, $white);
   $text = 'Umlaute: ??ö?O...';
   $font = './arial.ttf';
   imagettftext($im, 20, 0, 10, 20, $black, $font, $text);
   imagepng($im);
   imagedestroy($im);
?>

I copied the arial.ttf from my PC. 


       Thanks,
            -Stephanie


Reproduce code:
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<?php
   header("Content-type: image/png");
   $im = imagecreatetruecolor(400, 30);
   $white = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255);
   $black = imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0, 0);
   imagefilledrectangle($im, 0, 0, 399, 29, $white);
   $text = 'Umlaute: ??ö?O...';
   $font = './arial.ttf';
   imagettftext($im, 20, 0, 10, 20, $black, $font, $text);
   imagepng($im);
   imagedestroy($im);
?>


Expected result:
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I expect to see characters with atleast one that has an umlaute (double dot about the "o" character).

Actual result:
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group of character "boxes" like usually seen when characters entered do not have characters defined in the font being used.