imageftbbox() returns an array with 8 elements representing four points making the bounding box of the text http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.imageftbbox.php

imageftbbox-output.txt

	// attempting to understand imageftbbox()'s output

	// Array
	// (
	//     [0] => -1    lower left corner, X position
	//     [1] => 6     lower left corner, Y position
	//     [2] => 115   lower right corner, X position
	//     [3] => 6     lower right corner, Y position
	//     [4] => 115   upper right corner, X position
	//     [5] => -21   upper right corner, Y position
	//     [6] => -1    upper left corner, X position
	//     [7] => -21   upper left corner, Y position
	// )

/*
	   |7               |5
	___|________________|___
	6  |                |  4
	   |                |
	   |                |
	   |                |
	   |                |
	___|________________|___
	0  |                |  2
	   |1               |3
*/