Python OpenCV | cv2.putText() method

Last Updated : 09 Aug, 2024

OpenCV-Python

is a library of Python bindings designed to solve computer vision problems.

cv2.putText()

method is used to draw a text string on any image.

Syntax: cv2.putText(image, text, org, font, fontScale, color[, thickness[, lineType[, bottomLeftOrigin]]]) Parameters:image: It is the image on which text is to be drawn. text: Text string to be drawn. org: It is the coordinates of the bottom-left corner of the text string in the image. The coordinates are represented as tuples of two values i.e. (X coordinate value, Y coordinate value). font: It denotes the font type. Some of font types are FONT_HERSHEY_SIMPLEX, FONT_HERSHEY_PLAIN, , etc. fontScale: Font scale factor that is multiplied by the font-specific base size. color: It is the color of text string to be drawn. For BGR, we pass a tuple. eg: (255, 0, 0) for blue color. thickness: It is the thickness of the line in px. lineType: This is an optional parameter.It gives the type of the line to be used. bottomLeftOrigin: This is an optional parameter. When it is true, the image data origin is at the bottom-left corner. Otherwise, it is at the top-left corner. Return Value: It returns an image.

Image used for all the below examples:

Example #1:

Python3 1==

# Python program to explain cv2.putText() method
  
# importing cv2
import cv2
  
# path
path = r'C:\Users\Rajnish\Desktop\geeksforgeeks\geeks.png'
  
# Reading an image in default mode
image = cv2.imread(path)
  
# Window name in which image is displayed
window_name = 'Image'

# font
font = cv2.FONT_HERSHEY_SIMPLEX

# org
org = (50, 50)

# fontScale
fontScale = 1
 
# Blue color in BGR
color = (255, 0, 0)

# Line thickness of 2 px
thickness = 2
 
# Using cv2.putText() method
image = cv2.putText(image, 'OpenCV', org, font, 
                   fontScale, color, thickness, cv2.LINE_AA)
 
# Displaying the image
cv2.imshow(window_name, image)

Example #2:

Python3 1==

# Python program to explain cv2.putText() method
  
# importing cv2
import cv2
  
# path
path = r'C:\Users\Rajnish\Desktop\geeksforgeeks\geeks.png'
  
# Reading an image in default mode
image = cv2.imread(path)
  
# Window name in which image is displayed
window_name = 'Image'

# text
text = 'GeeksforGeeks'

# font
font = cv2.FONT_HERSHEY_SIMPLEX

# org
org = (00, 185)

# fontScale
fontScale = 1
 
# Red color in BGR
color = (0, 0, 255)

# Line thickness of 2 px
thickness = 2
 
# Using cv2.putText() method
image = cv2.putText(image, text, org, font, fontScale, 
                 color, thickness, cv2.LINE_AA, False)

# Using cv2.putText() method
image = cv2.putText(image, text, org, font, fontScale,
                  color, thickness, cv2.LINE_AA, True) 

# Displaying the image
cv2.imshow(window_name, image)