--- class.tslib_gifbuilder.php.orig	2010-11-03 17:13:36.000000000 +0100
+++ class.tslib_gifbuilder.php	2010-11-03 17:16:40.000000000 +0100
@@ -488,7 +488,13 @@
 	 * @access private
 	 */
 	function checkTextObj($conf)	{
+
+		$cObj =t3lib_div::makeInstance('tslib_cObj');
+		$cObj->start($this->data);
+
+		$conf['fontFile']=trim($cObj->stdWrap($conf['fontFile'], $conf['fontFile.']));
 		$conf['fontFile']=$this->checkFile($conf['fontFile']);
+
 		if (!$conf['fontFile']){$conf['fontFile']='t3lib/fonts/nimbus.ttf';}
 		if (!$conf['iterations']){$conf['iterations'] = 1;}
 		if (!$conf['fontSize']){$conf['fontSize']=12;}
@@ -496,8 +502,6 @@
 			$conf['angle']=0;
 		}
 		if (!isset($conf['antiAlias'])){$conf['antiAlias']=1;}
-		$cObj =t3lib_div::makeInstance('tslib_cObj');
-		$cObj->start($this->data);
 
 		$conf['fontColor'] = trim($cObj->stdWrap($conf['fontColor'], $conf['fontColor.']));
 		$conf['text']=$cObj->stdWrap($conf['text'],$conf['text.']);