draw text position incorrect

[3lixy]

What did you do?

Try and place text in the top corner of the image

What did you expect to happen?

Text is positioned at the top corner of the image

What actually happened?

The text is indent by a few positive pixels on x axis and around 10 positive pixels on the y axis.

What versions of Pillow and Python are you using?

$ python -V
Python 2.7.9
$ pip freeze | grep -i pillow
Pillow==4.1.0
$ uname -a
Linux revo-vpn-74 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.39-1+deb8u1 (2017-02-22) x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ cat /etc/*release*
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="8"
VERSION="8 (jessie)"
ID=debian
HOME_URL="http://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="http://www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"

Please include code that reproduces the issue and whenever possible, an image that demonstrates the issue. The best reproductions are self-contained scripts with minimal dependencies. If you are using a framework such as plone, django, or buildout, try to replicate the issue just using Pillow.

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from __future__ import unicode_literals, division, absolute_import, print_function
from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
img = Image.new('RGBA', (250,50), color=(150,150,150,255))
font = ImageFont.truetype('arial.ttf', 50)
draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
draw.text((0,0), 'TEXT', font=font)
img.save('/tmp/test.png')

arial.ttf md5sum 096b6677fc4a0a2ab430cd3d28b6fd52

[hugovk]

The font has a vertical offset:

print(font.getoffset('TEXT'))  # (0, 9)
draw.text((0, -9), 'TEXT', font=font)
img.save('/tmp/test2.png')

Produces:

[3lixy]

ok i thought it might be something like that but could not find a definitive answer.

Do you know of a way/point me in the right direction to calculate/discover what this offset will be?

[hugovk]

Here's one way:

text = 'TEXT'
offset = font.getoffset(text)
draw.text((0-offset[0], 0-offset[1]), text, font=font)
img.save('/tmp/test3.png')

[3lixy]

oh ok note to self: RTFM
thanks

[stephahn]

Hello
did you manage to correct the offset on the x-axis? Because it is always equal to 0 for me, but in practice, there is always a nonnull offset.