PIL: can i have multiple sizes of text of the SAME font? (Python)

Question

Currently trying to have the same font for an image with PIL but with different sizes.

Tried to have two different font instances but it didn't work. How can I do that?

Answer 1

If you're using ImageFont.truetype() , you'll need multiple instances for multiple sizes.

You could neatly wrap this using functools.lru_cache() so a single font/size gets loaded only once during your app:

from functools import lru_cache

get_font = lru_cache()(ImageFont.truetype)

draw.text((10, 10), "hello", font=get_font("Arial.ttf", 10))
draw.text((10, 50), "world", font=get_font("Arial.ttf", 50))

Answer 2

I think you mean this:

#!/usr/bin/env python3

from PIL  import Image, ImageFont, ImageDraw

# Create a black canvas
canvas = Image.new('RGB', (400,200))

# Get a drawing context
draw = ImageDraw.Draw(canvas)
monospace20 = ImageFont.truetype("/Library/Fonts/Andale Mono.ttf",20)
monospace50 = ImageFont.truetype("/Library/Fonts/Andale Mono.ttf",50)

draw.text((10, 10), "Hello 20", font=monospace20, fill=(255,255,255))
draw.text((10, 90), "Hello 50", font=monospace50, fill=(255,255,255))

canvas.save('result.png')