Draw Text on an Image Using cv2.putText() in Python OpenCV

In this tutorial, we will introduce how to use cv2.putText() method to draw text on an image in python opencv.

1.Read an image

import cv2
img = cv2.imread('C:/Users/N/Desktop/monument.png')

2.Draw Text on an image

cv2.putText(img, "My text", (0, 30), cv2.FONT_HERSHEY_SIMPLEX, 1.0, (0, 0, 0), 4)

Here (0, 30) is the position of text in image.

3.Show image with text

cv2.imshow('image', img)
cv2.waitKey(0)
cv2.destroyAllWindows()

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