spokesgirl_tests/tests/fonttest.py

from PIL import Image,ImageDraw,ImageFont

# sample text and font
unicode_text = "中文測是..."
#font = ImageFont.truetype("c:/portable/fonts/adv.ttf", 28, encoding="unic")
#font = ImageFont.truetype("c:/portable/fonts/adv.ttf", 28,encoding='utf-8')
#font = ImageFont.truetype("c:/portable/fonts/adv.ttf", 28,encoding='big5')
#font = ImageFont.truetype("c:/portable/fonts/adv.ttf", 28,encoding='uni')

#print(font)
#print(font.)
font = ImageFont.truetype("c:/portable/fonts/華康綜藝體.ttf", 40,encoding='big5')
#font = ImageFont.truetype("c:/portable/fonts/華康綜藝體.ttf", 28,encoding='uni')
#font = ImageFont.truetype("c:/portable/fonts/華康綜藝體.ttf", 28)

#font = ImageFont.truetype("c:/windows/fonts/kaiu.ttf", 28,encoding='utf-8')

# get the line size
text_width, text_height = font.getsize(unicode_text)

# create a blank canvas with extra space between lines
canvas = Image.new('RGB', ( 500, 500), "orange")

# draw the text onto the text canvas, and use black as the text color
draw = ImageDraw.Draw(canvas)
#text=u'距離除夕夜'
#text = "\u9E9E"
#text="\ufa53"
#text = "\u4E2D\u6587"
#u = u'\u6211'
#text=u.encode('big5')
text=u'\ua7da'
#text=u"測試"
#b_str = text.encode('big5')
#b_str = b_str.decode('big5')





def myunichchar(unicode_char):
    mb_string = unicode_char.encode('big5')
    try:
        unicode_char = unichr(ord(mb_string[0]) << 8 | ord(mb_string[1]))
    except NameError:
        unicode_char = chr(mb_string[0] << 8 | mb_string[1])
    return unicode_char


text=myunichchar('中')+myunichchar('文')
draw.text((5,5), text, 'blue', font)

# save the blank canvas to a file
canvas.save("unicode-text.png", "PNG")
canvas.show()