What are the advantages and disadvantages of using imagettftext over imagestring in PHP for text rendering?

When it comes to rendering text on images in PHP, using imagettftext offers more flexibility and control over the font, size, color, and alignment compared to imagestring. However, imagettftext requires TrueType fonts (.ttf) to be installed on the server, which may limit font choices. Additionally, imagettftext can be slightly more complex to use than imagestring for simple text rendering tasks. 

// Using imagettftext to render text on an image
$font = 'arial.ttf'; // Path to TrueType font file
$size = 24;
$angle = 0;
$x = 50;
$y = 50;
$text = 'Hello, World!';
$color = imagecolorallocate($image, 255, 255, 255); // White color

imagettftext($image, $size, $angle, $x, $y, $color, $font, $text);

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