Learn How to Add Text to an Image in Python – 4 Easy Steps

Step 1: Install the Pillow library

We need the Pillow library in order to manipulate images. It can be installed by using pip.

pip install Pillow

This enables us to use PIL (Python Imaging Library) library.

Step 2: Download a font to use.

You can browse fonts free to download from Google Font Library. In this example I use the Balsamic Sans.

Place the download in the same folder as you want to work from.

Step 3: Find an awesome picture

I use Pexels to find free awesome pictures to use.

And place that image in your same location.

Step 4: Create you Python program to add your awesome text

from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
# Open the image (change name and location if needed)
image = Image.open('pics/background.jpg')
draw = ImageDraw.Draw(image)
# Import the font(change name and location if needed, also change font size if needed)
font = ImageFont.truetype('font/BalsamiqSans-Bold.ttf', size=200)
black = 'rgb(0, 0, 0)'  # black color
# Draw the text - change position if needed
message = "This is great!"
draw.text((1000, 200), message, fill=black, font=font)
# Draw the text - change position if needed
name = 'You are AWESOME!'
draw.text((1100, 500), name, fill=black, font=font)
image.save('greeting_card.png')

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