huh, sorry: 'with-ttf=/usr/' and ''--enable-gd-imgstrttf'' I almost miss them.
code:
<?php
//header("Content-type: image/jpeg");
$im = imagecreate(400, 30);
$white = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255);
$black = imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0, 0);
imagettftext($im, 20, 0, 10, 20, $black, "_sans", "Testing... Omega: &#937;");
//I tried many common font names in font
imagejpeg($im, 'test.png');
imagedestroy($im);
?>
<img src=test.png border=1>
I have uploaded those two fonts from my font folder (maybe crappy idea):
/fonts/tahoma.ttf (apparently ClearType)
/fonts/decotype.ttf (apparently TT)