On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 03:36:43 GMT, "Hello" <no-emai@sorry.com> wrote:

>> That would stop casual downloads, but wouldn't stop a determined bot
>> author
>> since it's using an easily recognisable and consistent font.
>
>You can have the letters large and different color. Then put a grey mesh of
>thin lines over. You can stretch the picture x or y axis easly with PHP too
>changing the letter thikness. Also you can use several fonts together.

Yes, that's the point. This is called a "CAPTCHA".

>Perhaps you'd like to hire me, I could do it in two days.

Or to save time and money and use one of the many free bits of code already
available. e.g. http://pear.php.net/package/Text_CAPTCHA#results

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