How to draw Chinese text on the image using `cv2.putText`correctly? (Python+OpenCV)

Question

I use python cv2(window10, python2.7) to write text in image, when the text is English it works, but when I use Chinese text it write messy code in the image.

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Answer 1

According to this opencv forum, putText is only able to support a small ascii subset of characters and does not support unicode characters which are other symboles like chinese and arabic characters.

However, you can try to use PIL instead and follow the answer posted here and see if it works out for you.