[route9987]

yo, im brand new here, and i shall lose my posting virginity with a query...

you know those randomly generated images that they generate, with a word which you have to copy to prevent automated submissions.....any one else think they're really neat little pieces of typography? heres 2 examples....

http://www.littleradar.com/yahoo_1.jpg

http://www.littleradar.com/yahoo_2.jpg

and more importantly....anyone else know how they're generated, and why they're so messed up?

there we go.

thanks

[bombingpixels]

try viewing source on yahoo's registration, I see it's developed by http://www.captcha.net/

[oli]

welcome to the forum

heres a php tutorial on how to do it :
http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb...d=739&lngWId=8

[route9987]

thanks, great help! just for the record, i wasn't wanting to do it myself, just curious.

now im satisfied, thanks