[PHP] How do I upgrade GD?

Hi, how do I upgrade GD? PHP still comes bundled with the three year old version 2.0.34, even though there have been lots of bugfixes in 2.0.35 and 2.0.36 (most importantly, 2.0.36 now actually supports unicode text, rather than any unicode text as long as it's only UCS-2, which means any

[PHP] Using FreeType2 without having to suffer GD

Hi, is there a FreeType extension that doesn't rely on not-calling-freetype-in-the-slightest through GD? GD is lacking lots of function wrappers for things that are part of the standard FreeType2 API, like the super basic get char index function, which are essential for any kind of intelligent