How To Render Emojis As Images In Python Under Windows?

My goal is to generate (in Python under Windows) a bitmap image rendering any unicode character, including in particular emojis. I have installed several emoji-friendly fonts (incl

Solution 1:

I eventually found a solution in Is there any good python library for generating and rendering text in image format?. Although it is based on a third-party executable, as mentioned it is easy to wrap in Python.

Exact steps were as follows:

1. Install ImageMagick from https://www.imagemagick.org/script/download.php#windows
2. Set environment variable MAGICK_HOME to installation folder
3. Install Pillow to be able to manipulate easily the resulting image in Python (conda install pillow)
4. Download and install the Symbola font from https://fontlibrary.org/en/font/symbola

And my test script:

import os
import subprocess

import PIL.Image

to_render = '🤓'
output_file = 'rendered_emoji.bmp'

subprocess.run([
    os.path.join(os.environ['MAGICK_HOME'],  'magick.exe'),
    'convert', '-font', 'Symbola', '-size', '50x50',
    '-gravity', 'center', f'label:{to_render}', output_file])
image = PIL.Image.open(output_file)
image.show()