I'm looking for some kind of tool (or a way) to generate a path-based SVG file using a custom font and custom text, preferably using PHP. In a pinch, I might be able to use a PNG file as long as the resolution is high enough to not look blocky in the end result.
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I'm working with an API for a site made to design items for custom printing. I want to see if I can use this API to make 'customizing' items per-order easier. i.e. adding a customer's name or a slogan on a t-shirt for example.
The site has a design tool that can be used manually to add text and I was hoping they had some kind of interface to it via the API, but I'm not seeing one. It seems to represent anything created in the design tool as an 'image' if you pull an existing product design down. Which means, to create a new product design from an old one but modify the 'name' on one placeholder of the design, I basically have to generate an image of the text.
I prefer using SVG, but the site will only accept an SVG as a path, not one with an embedded font. I need to use a specific font for my first instance of this customization as I have been asked to personalize items for a school and they want a 'collegiate' style font for the names on the back.