ImageFont Module¶
The ImageFont module defines a class with the same name. Instances of
this class store bitmap fonts, and are used with the
PIL.ImageDraw.ImageDraw.text() method.
PIL uses its own font file format to store bitmap fonts, limited to 256 characters. You can use pilfont.py from pillow-scripts to convert BDF and PCF font descriptors (X window font formats) to this format.
Starting with version 1.1.4, PIL can be configured to support TrueType and OpenType fonts (as well as other font formats supported by the FreeType library). For earlier versions, TrueType support is only available as part of the imToolkit package.
Example¶
from PIL import ImageFont, ImageDraw
draw = ImageDraw.Draw(image)
# use a bitmap font
font = ImageFont.load("arial.pil")
draw.text((10, 10), "hello", font=font)
# use a truetype font
font = ImageFont.truetype("arial.ttf", 15)
draw.text((10, 25), "world", font=font)
Functions¶
Methods¶
Constants¶
- PIL.ImageFont.Layout.BASIC¶
Use basic text layout for TrueType font. Advanced features such as text direction are not supported.
- PIL.ImageFont.Layout.RAQM¶
Use Raqm text layout for TrueType font. Advanced features are supported.
Requires Raqm, you can check support using
PIL.features.check_feature()withfeature="raqm".