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nickcheek/handwriting
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PHP Wrapper for handwriting.io

v1.0.7(6y ago)116MITPHPPHP ^7.4CI failing

Since Dec 18Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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Handwriting.io PHP API Wrapper
==============================

[](#handwritingio-php-api-wrapper)

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This is a simple php wrapper for the handwriting.io api. You'll need to register for an account and get your access and secret tokens.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require nickcheek/handwriting
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

You can use renderPNGImage(), renderPNGString(), or renderPDF()

```
use Nickcheek\Handwriting\Writer;

$handwriting = new Writer($key, $secret);

//get random font
$random = $handwriting->getAllHandwriting(['limit'=> 50,'offset'=>1,'order_dir'=>'asc','order_by'=>'title']);

//build the url
$build = $handwriting->text('Testing the handwriting.io library')
                    ->font($random[array_rand($random)]->id)
                    ->build();

echo $handwriting->renderPNGImage($build);
```

[![Render](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/34ddae3caf91185419b639bbeaa950f452878b794e84bf305a9645e882b59c99/687474703a2f2f6e69636b636865656b2e636f6d2f696d616765732f6578616d706c652e706e67)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/34ddae3caf91185419b639bbeaa950f452878b794e84bf305a9645e882b59c99/687474703a2f2f6e69636b636865656b2e636f6d2f696d616765732f6578616d706c652e706e67)

### Builder Class

[](#builder-class)

The builder class allows you to inject the settings you'd like for your image in a chainable format.

```
$build = $handwriting->text('text to output')
            ->font($fontID)
            ->height('50px')
            ->width('10px')
            ->size('25px')
            ->lineSpace()
            ->lineSpaceVariance()
            ->wordSpaceVariance()
            ->randomSeed()
            ->color()
            ->build();
```

Check [the docs](http://handwriting-api-docs.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/#handwritings) if you'd like more information.

### Changelog

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

### Security

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Nicholas Cheek](https://github.com/nickcheek)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

6

Last Release

2341d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP ^7.1

v1.0.3PHP ^7.4

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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