I want to display urdu text on image using python

Question

from PIL import Image, ImageFont, ImageDraw

from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import cv2

text_string = u'تصوير'

img = Image.new('RGB', (200, 150))
draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
font = ImageFont.truetype('C:\\Windows\\Nafees Nastaleeq Urdu Font\\Nafees Nastaleeq(Updated).ttf', 50)

draw.text((25,40), text_string, fill='white', font=font)

img.show()

I want to show text on image but only urdu alphabets shown on image.

I want urdu ligature shown on image but in output only urdu alphabets shown on image.

Answer 1

Pillow requires Raqm for rendering complex script text. Raqm requires additional software, instructions for installing dependencies and building Raqm are available at https://github.com/HOST-Oman/libraqm.

For Windows look at https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/issues/4859 and Installing Raqm (Libraqm) Windows 10

A minimal example, using Raqm:

from PIL import Image, ImageFont, ImageDraw
text = 'اردو'
img = Image.new('RGB', (200, 150))
draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
font = ImageFont.truetype('~/Library/Fonts/Nafees Nastaleeq.ttf', 50, layout_engine=ImageFont.Layout.RAQM)
draw.text((25,40), text, fill='white', font=font)
img.show()