word_cloud: ValueError: Only supported for TrueType fonts

Please note: This issue is happening only in windows 10 enviornment.

from wordcloud import WordCloud
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# Sample text data
text_data = "Your text data goes here"

# Specify the font path
font_path = './arial.ttf'

# Create a WordCloud object with the font path specified
wordcloud = WordCloud(font_path=font_path).generate(text_data)

# Display the word cloud using matplotlib
plt.imshow(wordcloud, interpolation='bilinear')
plt.axis('off')
plt.show()

Above code when ran in jupyter notebook on windows enviornment produces the following error:

F:\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\PIL\ImageDraw.py in textbbox(self, xy, text, font, anchor, spacing, align, direction, features, language, stroke_width, embedded_color)
    649             font = self.getfont()
    650         if not isinstance(font, ImageFont.FreeTypeFont):
--> 651             raise ValueError("Only supported for TrueType fonts")
    652         mode = "RGBA" if embedded_color else self.fontmode
    653         bbox = font.getbbox(

ValueError: Only supported for TrueType fonts

As others suggested to upgrade pillow, this doesn’t solve the problem on windows. Pillow version is 9.5.0, python- 3.10.0. Anaconda Environment Restarted. Windows Restarted. Double checked that font file exists and is font.ttf. Still the problem is not solved.

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Dear friend, I use this code solve it

pip install --upgrade pip

pip install --upgrade Pillow

Linux, anaconda

+34

StarDxxx on May 23, 2023

Dear friend, I use this code solve it
pip install --upgrade pip

pip install --upgrade Pillow
Linux, anaconda

Running these 2 lines solved the same ‘TrueType font+’ problem for another package - ydata-profiling

KaiquanMah on Jun 26, 2023

pip install --upgrade Pillow

Did the trick for me!

BrokenShell on Jun 13, 2023

In my case installing the suggested lines worked (after restarting Jupyter Notebook)

B-din2018 on Aug 2, 2023

Using Python 3.6, re-installed wordcloud 1.8.0 (pip install wordcloud==1.8.0) , issue fixed. Latest version of WordCloud does not support Python3.6 as per official docs.

IshanRattan on Jul 4, 2023

I tried everything in this comment thread and still facing the same issue: pip install --upgrade pip, pip install --upgrade Pillow, re-installed wordcloud 1.8.0 (pip install wordcloud==1.8.0), Shut down my kernel and restarted the notebook again.

I am using Python 3.8.8 on MacOS. If anyone can help me, it would be appreciated!

Shritej24c on Aug 11, 2023

pip install --upgrade pip

pip install --upgrade Pillow

I’m a windows user (Windows 10). This worked for me. But I had to restart Jupyter notebooks after installing both of them pip

emmanuelanene on Aug 5, 2023

i tried the pip and pillow upgrade nothing seems working. i am using python 3.9 version i am still getting the error ;i dont think its a code bug issue AttributeError: ‘TransposedFont’ object has no attribute ‘getbbox’

DOMINION-JOHN1 on Jul 19, 2023

pip install --upgrade Pillow

This might work and has worked for me while using ydata profling , etc

whoishrithikDS on Jul 16, 2023

yeah, I’m very appreciate for your indication, which helps me a lot and gives me a direction actually. Along this way, I upgrade my Pillow, the course follows: firstly, I get a error when I directly use the code pip install --upgrade Pillow, as follows: raise ValueError("Only supported for TrueType fonts") ValueError: Only supported for TrueType fonts ； which definitely make me crazy. finally I try other versions with the code pip3 install --upgrade Pillow==9.2.0 (you can use pip3 install --upgrade Pillow== to see what version you can use )that beyond mine but bellow the latest. many times later, I found my issue not existed anymore!

a-silliy-sheep on Jul 10, 2023

Hey folks, has anyone solved this issue? I got the same error

danielqingz on May 28, 2023