+1  A: 

see if the GD library is install in server Correctly

Haim Evgi
+1  A: 
  • Is the proper font installed on the host?
  • Is the content-encoding of the image set properly?
lavinio
+1  A: 

Compare your local phpinfo() to the live phpinfo() and look for differences.

Turn on full error reporting in the image generation script:

 ini_set("display_errors","2");

 error_reporting(E_ALL);

Then run it directly by pointing your browser at the URL that renders the image.

NW Architect
DOne that but can't seem to find any errors being reported :( - check my post for update!
Ali