QR Code with Text Overlay

Prequisite:

sudo apt install python-pip

sudo pip install image

sudo pip install qrcode

sudo pip install fonts

sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer

To test using imagemagick

sudo apt install imagemagick

Python code: test.py

from PIL import Image, ImageDraw,ImageFont
import qrcode

qr = qrcode.QRCode(
version=3,
error_correction=qrcode.constants.ERROR_CORRECT_Q,
box_size=10,
border=4,
)

image = Image.new( "RGBA", ( 410, 480 ) ,"white");

qr.add_data('https://example.com/stuff/rack/1')
qr.make(fit=True)

img = qr.make_image()
print img.size
image.paste(img, (0,0), img.convert("RGBA") );


draw = ImageDraw.Draw(image)
font = ImageFont.truetype("/usr/lib/cinelerra/fonts/arial.ttf",60)
#font = ImageFont.load_default()
txt = "rack 1"
draw.text((100, 410), txt, (0,0,0), font=font)


image.save("qr.png")

To run:

python test.py

display qr.png