re: "who needs a service": Jitterbug is an open source plugin that renders images of text suitable for image replacement: http://github.com/flyingsaucer/jitt

re: "who needs a service": Jitterbug is an open source plugin that renders images of text suitable for image replacement: http://github.com/flyingsaucer/jitterbug There have been solutions for PHP and others in the past, too. I think even a few hosted, though I can't recall any off the top.