How to write RTL(Arabic/Persian) text on images in python.

run.py

# Tested on Python 3.6.1

# install: pip install --upgrade arabic-reshaper
import arabic_reshaper

# install: pip install python-bidi
from bidi.algorithm import get_display

# install: pip install Pillow
from PIL import ImageFont
from PIL import Image
from PIL import ImageDraw

# use a good font!
fontFile = "/Users/amirreza/pil/Sahel.ttf"

# this was a 400x400 jpg file
imageFile = "/Users/amirreza/pil/input.jpg"

# load the font and image
font = ImageFont.truetype(fontFile, 18)
image = Image.open(imageFile)

# first you must prepare your text (you dont need this step for english text)
text = "سلام ایران"
reshaped_text = arabic_reshaper.reshape(text)    # correct its shape
bidi_text = get_display(reshaped_text)           # correct its direction

# start drawing on image
draw = ImageDraw.Draw(image)
draw.text((0, 0), bidi_text, (255,255,255), font=font)
draw = ImageDraw.Draw(image)

# save it
image.save("output.png")

Works like a charm:)

thanks man

Can anyone tell me, if it's possible to align all the letters? I mean, i need to write 3 arabic letters and they are just looks like this

and i need them to be like this

I've tried too many fonts... But I don't know how to do this.

so there's a problem with displaying persian letters in my plot here that they seem to break, i solved the problem of left-to-right with adding [::-1] that someone mentioned in a forum but the letters are now in the right alignment (right-to1-left) yet they're separated, how can i fix them???? i've uploaded a picture of how the problem occurs

p.s. all the other entries here pointed at single senteces to be fixed by arabic_reshaper or some other libraries but ive used data from cells above in jupyternotebook. please help me!!

very thanks!

It help me out :) thanks a milion.

Very kind of you sir.
May God bless you.

Very Coool

so cool. its working most of times. but i have some issues. i want to draw a text ("ذوب اهن") but when im giving the text to 'arabic_reshaper' using reshape methode its cutting off the ("ذوب ") and draws only ("اهن"). can anyone help with this?

u saved ours of my life dude XD

although still we don't have many ttf options... any way to let us use farsi specified fonts like B-zar or B-Nazanin?

hi.
I get this error? have any idea ?
TypeError: '>' not supported between instances of 'str' and 'int'

you can see this too :
issue

Works like a charm! Thank you.

Thank you so much Brother.

Very Cooool
Tanks