Oh there can also be some issues with the position/rotation
of the font.....if that happens play with the values in this line:
imagettftext ($pic, 15, -7, 150, 280, ($textcolor*-1), "/full/path/to/annifont.ttf", $text);
15 = font size
-7 = rotation value
150 = left margin
280 = topmargin
DynaMite
