How can the GD library be used in PHP for supporting different font types?

To support different font types in PHP using the GD library, you can use the `imageloadfont()` function to load a font file in a specific format that GD library understands. This allows you to use custom fonts in your PHP scripts for generating text on images.

// Load a TrueType font file
$font = 'path/to/font.ttf';

// Load the font using imageloadfont()
$font = imageloadfont($font);

// Use the loaded font in GD functions like imagettftext()
imagettftext($image, $size, $angle, $x, $y, $color, $font, $text);