How to add text on an image using pillow in Python ?

Prerequisites: PIL

In this article we’ll see how we can add text on an image using the pillow library in Python. Python Imaging Library (PIL) is the de facto image processing package for Python language. It incorporates lightweight image processing tools that aids in editing, creating and saving images. Pillow supports numerous image file formats including BMP, PNG, JPEG, and TIFF. 

Method Used

Syntax:

ImageDraw.Draw.text((x, y),"Text",(r,g,b))

Approach

• Import module
• Import image
• Add text 
• Save image

Image in use:

Example 1:

Python3

from PIL import Image
from PIL import ImageFont
from PIL import ImageDraw

# importing the image
img = Image.open("gfg.png")
draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)

# specifying coordinates and colour of text
draw.text((50, 90), "Sample Text", (255, 255, 255))

# saving the image
img.save('sample.jpg')

Output:

Example 2: Writing text in a specific font

To write the text in a specific font, we need to download the font file for the required font. In the example given below we have used Comic Sans and it can be downloaded from : https://www.wfonts.com/font/comic-sans-ms

Python3

from PIL import Image
from PIL import ImageFont
from PIL import ImageDraw

# importing the image
img = Image.open("gfg.png")
draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)

# loading the font and providing the size
font = ImageFont.truetype("ComicSansMS3.ttf", 30)

# specifying coordinates and colour of text
draw.text((50, 90), "Hello World!", (255, 255, 255), font=font)

# saving the image
img.save('sample.jpg')

Output: