22. ImageDraw textlength
22.1. Textlength
Use the
ImageDraw.textlength(text, font=None, direction=None, features=None, language=None, embedded_color=False) method to return the length (in pixels as a float) of given text- ImageDraw.textlength(text, font=None, direction=None, features=None, language=None, embedded_color=False)
- text - Text to be measured. May not contain any newline characters.font - An ImageFont.ImageFont instance such as
ImageFont.truetype("C:/Windows/Fonts/Segoeui.ttf", 24)direction - Direction of the text. It can be"rtl"(right to left),"ltr"(left to right) or"ttb"(top to bottom). Requires libraqm.features - A list of OpenType font features to be used during text layout. This is usually used to turn on optional font features that are not enabled by default, for example"dlig"or"ss01", but can be also used to turn off default font features, for example"-liga"to disable ligatures or"-kern"to disable kerning. Requires libraqm.language - Language of the text. Different languages may use different glyph shapes or ligatures. This parameter tells the font which language the text is in, and to apply the correct substitutions as appropriate, if available. It should be a BCP 47 language code. Requires libraqm.embedded_color - Whether to use font embedded color glyphs (COLR, CBDT, SBIX).
The code below prints the text length for “Shapes” in Segoeui font at 24 point.
from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
fnt = ImageFont.truetype("C:/Windows/Fonts/Segoeui.ttf", 24)
with Image.open("test_images/shapes.jpg") as im:
drw = ImageDraw.Draw(im)
text = "Shapes"
textlength = drw.textlength(text, fnt)
print(textlength)