[Python] Alternatives to PIL/Pillow for overlaying an image with text

Do any Python alternatives exist for overlaying an image with text? I tried with PIL/Pillow, but the output is really grainy and artifacted.

Here is my code:

from PIL import Image
from PIL import ImageFont
from PIL import ImageDraw

img = Image.open("image.jpg")
draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
font = ImageFont.truetype("Comic Sans MS.ttf", 24)
draw.text((150, 20),"Sample Text",(170,14,179), font=font)
img.save('sample-out123.jpg')


and the output:



You can see artifacting around the text as well as a light purple glow.

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