Annotate text on an empty image
<?php
$image = new Imagick();
$draw = new ImagickDraw();
$pixel = new ImagickPixel( 'gray' );
$image->newImage(800, 75, $pixel);
$pixel->setColor('black');
$draw->setFont('Bookman-DemiItalic');
$draw->setFontSize( 30 );
$image->annotateImage($draw, 10, 45, 0, 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog');
$image->setImageFormat('png');
header('Content-type: image/png');
echo $image;
?>