How can I print Hindi sentences(unicode) on image in Python?

Question

I have a file named \"hindi.txt\". It has contents as follows. I\'m using Python3.5.

कामकाजी महिलाओं के लिए देश में दिल्ली असुरक्षित, सिक्किम सबसे बेहतर: रिपोर्ट         


        

Answer 1

Pillow 7.0.0 provides support for rendering complex font with raqm library

To check for support:

>>> from PIL import features
>>> print(features.check("raqm"))
True

If it returns False check if library is installed:

 /sbin/ldconfig -p | grep raqm
    libraqm.so.0 (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/lib/libraqm.so.0
    libraqm.so (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/lib/libraqm.so

To Install raqm in debian based distros: sudo apt-get install libraqm-dev

To use raqm as layout engine add layout_engine option while initializing font:

font = ImageFont.truetype("foo.ttf", size=90, layout_engine=ImageFont.LAYOUT_RAQM)

The above code is tested for: Hindi, Marathi, Gujrati and Telugu fonts.