Python text to image (png) conversion with automatic new line calculation

text2png.py

# coding=utf8

import PIL
from PIL import ImageFont
from PIL import Image
from PIL import ImageDraw

def text2png(text, fullpath, color = "#000", bgcolor = "#FFF", fontfullpath = None, fontsize = 13, leftpadding = 3, rightpadding = 3, width = 200):
	REPLACEMENT_CHARACTER = u'\uFFFD'
	NEWLINE_REPLACEMENT_STRING = ' ' + REPLACEMENT_CHARACTER + ' '

	#prepare linkback
	linkback = "created via http://ourdomain.com"
	fontlinkback = ImageFont.truetype('font.ttf', 8)
	linkbackx = fontlinkback.getsize(linkback)[0]
	linkback_height = fontlinkback.getsize(linkback)[1]
	#end of linkback

	font = ImageFont.load_default() if fontfullpath == None else ImageFont.truetype(fontfullpath, fontsize)
	text = text.replace('\n', NEWLINE_REPLACEMENT_STRING)

	lines = []
	line = u""

	for word in text.split():
		print word
		if word == REPLACEMENT_CHARACTER: #give a blank line
			lines.append( line[1:] ) #slice the white space in the begining of the line
			line = u""
			lines.append( u"" ) #the blank line
		elif font.getsize( line + ' ' + word )[0] <= (width - rightpadding - leftpadding):
			line += ' ' + word
		else: #start a new line
			lines.append( line[1:] ) #slice the white space in the begining of the line
			line = u""

			#TODO: handle too long words at this point
			line += ' ' + word #for now, assume no word alone can exceed the line width

	if len(line) != 0:
		lines.append( line[1:] ) #add the last line

	line_height = font.getsize(text)[1]
	img_height = line_height * (len(lines) + 1)

	img = Image.new("RGBA", (width, img_height), bgcolor)
	draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)

	y = 0
	for line in lines:
		draw.text( (leftpadding, y), line, color, font=font)
		y += line_height

	# add linkback at the bottom
	draw.text( (width - linkbackx, img_height - linkback_height), linkback, color, font=fontlinkback)

	img.save(fullpath)

#show time
text2png(u"This is\na\ntest şğıöç zaa xd ve lorem hipster", 'test.png', fontfullpath = "font.ttf")

Thanks for this, helped me out.

I was able to solve the TODO on line 37, by using textwrap. Just import it and set the maximum width. Something like:
list=textwrap.wrap(text, width=30)

How can I change the code in order to print not word by word but line by line...

With this script at every word it is like putting an \n to the end of the each word

Can you show me where in the script this is happenning?

Can we input a txt file instead of a single line, where it converts a few lines of code in an image that looks like a screenshot of the txt file?

is it possible to use emojis in the text? Currently they are replaced by rectangles...

@haemi emoji can be used if can include emoji font here.

Hi there, can someone help me with this code I am trying to convert my text file into images? will be thankful for the act.