What alternatives to GDLib's ImageString function exist for customizing font styles in PHP images?

GDLib's ImageString function has limited support for customizing font styles in PHP images. An alternative solution is to use the imagettftext function, which allows for more flexibility in terms of font styles, sizes, and colors. This function requires a TrueType font file (.ttf) to be specified for the font style. 

// Create a new image with specified dimensions
$image = imagecreatetruecolor(400, 200);

// Set background and text colors
$bgColor = imagecolorallocate($image, 255, 255, 255);
$textColor = imagecolorallocate($image, 0, 0, 0);

// Load a TrueType font file
$fontFile = 'arial.ttf';

// Add text to the image using the TrueType font
imagettftext($image, 20, 0, 10, 50, $textColor, $fontFile, 'Hello, World!');

// Output the image
header('Content-Type: image/png');
imagepng($image);

// Free up memory
imagedestroy($image);

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