I developed this application way back in 2011 for users to create custom banners and wall decorations using a wide-array of fonts, font colors, background colors, etc. These users; presumably, had the hardware to produce these designs.
When a user completes a design, the pertinent information is passed to PayPal by clicking the payments button.
There's plenty of room for improvement in terms of configuration, patterns, automation, testing, and overall refactoring. I did the best I could committing this project in it's original condition; save for adding dependency management and adjusting some formatting.
With that being said- this project is dead. I am no longer maintaining this repo. I have since moved onto other things.
You need:
- PHP5.3+?
- ImageMagick for PHP
- Bower
- Gulp
To get started:
git clone https://github.com/mykisscool/font-previewer
composer install
npm install
I recall finding and downloading fonts from Font Squirrel because they were free. I also the recall the licensing for fonts can be tricky.
Once you've downloaded them- place them in the ./scripts/dump-fonts/ directory and visit this script in your web browser:
https://[your website]/scripts/create.images.php.
This will create sample images using the fonts from the dump-fonts directory and then move them to the ./images/ directory.
You'll also need to create the web fonts. Generate them here at Font Squirrel's Webfont Generator using your .ttf files. Place the newly generated .eot, .svg, .ttf, and .css files into the ./fonts/[custom category] directory.
Lastly, I added configurations for the following options in ./scripts/config.php.
- font size prices
- materials
- font colors and border colors
- PayPal merchant information
Enjoy!