GIF image from a bitmap font and a text.
BS Editor: Typo Servlet V1.0 builds GIF image from a bitmap font and a text.

You can choose the bitmap font through the font parameter. Font file format is ffi. To Create your own ffi you need :

a bitmap file (GIF/JPEG) with the graphical fonts (letters should be placed in a regular Grid). You can get free fonts from D. Guldkrans web site.
a font descriptor : grid dimensions, yspacing, index. Look at the example included in package : fontser.java
compile and run fontser.java to create your ffi file.
You can choose the text to display with the text parameter. As we use an URL, remember that caracter like space have to be encoded you can free download Typo 1.0 now.