James Taylor wrote:
Why not use PHP's GD libraries? ... following code is *NOT* tested or even run, i just threw it together.
I was under the impression (but admit I haven't tested) that the GD libraries were quicker but lower quality than ImageMagick? I'll do some trials and find out.
I did think about mocking something up with GD and using that to work out the point size, but couldn't see a way to do that either!