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Center text on an image with Python and OpenCV.
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center_cv2_text.py
# setup text
font = cv2.FONT_HERSHEY_SIMPLEX
text = "Female"
# get boundary of this text
textsize = cv2.getTextSize(text, font, 1, 2)[0]
# get coords based on boundary
textX = int(boundingboxcenter[0] - (textsize[0] / 2))
textY = int(boundingboxcenter[1] + (textsize[1] / 2))
# add text centered on image
cv2.putText(img, text, (textX, textY ), font, 1, (255, 255, 255), 2)
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