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## To Download the project, near the top of the page, click on the download icon next to "WEB IDE". # Introduction
You can choose which type of archived folder you want, and then open it in your filesystem. This zine helps in navigating the zine_maker code, a small software tool derived from pyPDF library. The code is written in Python, and provides a few scripts for creating covers, colophones, content, and also signatures for preparing a PDF for the printer. The scripts run with python version 3.x.x and we can feed to the scripts inputs and outputs. As an input, we give the path to a text file, which shall create the text and images content of the zine, and as an output we give a the path/filename of our choice. We can also run the scripts with no input nor output, in which case, they take as default parameters the readme text from the text/ folder and produce an output to either of the folders covers, colophones, body, or zines, depending on which script we are running every time.
# Get the code!
## Download the source code
It is being under active development by the author and can be cloned and/or downloaded from https://git.systerserver.net/mara/zine_maker.
To download the project, near the top of the gitlab page, click on the download icon next to "Find file".
You can choose which type of archived folder you want, and then open it in your filesystem, by right clicking the archived folder, or from the terminal:
```
tar -xvf zine_maker.tar -C /home/user/destination # for tarred file
unzip zinme_maker.zip -d /home/user/destination # for zipped file
```
## OR use git clone: ## OR use git clone:
``` ```
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cd zine_maker cd zine_maker
``` ```
# Requirements
## Requirements You need python3 running on the computer
You need either python2 or python3 running on the computer
https://www.python.org/downloads/ https://www.python.org/downloads/
And also the pip command And also the pip command
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`pip install -r requirements.txt` `pip install -r requirements.txt`
## For merging the cover.pdf, body.pdf and colophon.pdf there are many pdf merger tools, # Miscellaneous
one that is command line based is pdfunite ## Fonts
The source code comes with some fonts under the fonts folder. You can use your
fonts of preference by adding them either in the fonts folder and edit the
files cover.py, colophon.py and doc_pdf.py to give the new names. Or add your
absolute font path directly to the python scripts.
## Text
The input texts should be clean from characters added by some text editors or
Operating Systems. Use the cat command to check your text is ready as input
with:
```
cat --show-nonprinting input.txt
```
Symbols such as M-oM-;M or ^M (carriage Return / line feed) need to be removed.
A cool tool for that is dos2unix, which is available as command line, but needs
to be installed:
```
dos2unix filename
```
Or with the sed command:
sed -e "s/\r//g" file > newfile
Extensive info can be find at:
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/sed-remove-m-and-line-feeds-under-unix-linux-bsd-appleosx/
## About the text style
All the font styling happens in the zine_maker function create_pages(). The
input text is parsed for specific tags or symbols in the begining of the line
and change the font color and size accordingly. We can add more or edit
existing ones, directly in the zine_maker code.
## For merging the cover, body and colophon
There are many pdf merger tools, one that is command line based is pdfunite
http://linux-commands-examples.com/pdfunite http://linux-commands-examples.com/pdfunite
## For shuffling the final pdf and prepare it for printing you need the pdfseparate command ## Before printing
For shuffling the final pdf and prepare it for printing you need the pdfseparate command
http://www.linux-commands-examples.com/pdfseparate http://www.linux-commands-examples.com/pdfseparate
it is used inside the shuffle_pdf.py file (see details at the end of this Readme) it is used inside the shuffle_pdf.py file (see details at the end of this README).
## For making use of images in the script, image magick needs to be installed ## For making use of images in the script
image magick needs to be installed
http://www.imagemagick.org/ http://www.imagemagick.org/
## To make the content of the pdf # Run the code!
## Make the content of the pdf
The default parameters included in the script would create a zine from this
readme:
`python doc_pdf.py ` `python doc_pdf.py `
OR OR you can experiment with the other sample text found in this repository.
`python doc_pdf.py text/images.txt body/images.pdf` `python doc_pdf.py text/images.txt body/images.pdf`
OR add your text file and replace respectively OR get real and add your own text file and replace respectively the input and
output filenames.
`python doc_pdf.py text/<your_file>.txt body/<output-name>.pdf` `python doc_pdf.py text/<your_file>.txt body/<output-name>.pdf`
## To make the cover of the pdf ## Make the cover of the pdf
Same, the default parameters included in the script would create the cover for the zine_maker:
`python cover.py` `python cover.py`
OR OR try-out the other cover samples:
`python cover.py text/cover.txt covers/cover.pdf` `python cover.py text/cover.txt covers/cover.pdf`
OR add your text file and replace respectively OR add your cover text file and replace respectively:
`python cover.py text/<your-cover>.txt covers/<cover-name>.pdf` `python cover.py text/<your-cover>.txt covers/<cover-name>.pdf`
## To make the colophon of the pdf ## Make the colophon of the pdf
`python cover.py ` Same, the default parameters included in the script would create the colophon for the zine_maker:
`python colophon.py `
OR OR try-out the other colophon samples:
`python cover.py text/colophon.txt colophones/colophon.pdf` `python colophon.py text/colophon.txt colophones/colophon.pdf`
OR add your text file and replace respectively OR add your own colophon text file and replace respectively:
`python cover.py text/<your-colophon>.txt colophones/<output-colophon>.pdf` `python colophon.py text/<your-colophon>.txt colophones/<output-colophon>.pdf`
# Make a screen PDF
## For the final pdf - screen version ## For the final pdf - screen version
from the terminal run: from the terminal run:
`pdfunite covers/cover.pdf body/body.pdf colophones/colophon.pdf zines/final.pdf` `pdfunite covers/cover.pdf body/body.pdf colophones/colophon.pdf zines/final.pdf`
## To prepare signatures for printing the zine You shall substitute the file paths to the your own corresponding /path/filenames
`python shuffle_pdf.py zines/final.pdf zines/final_shuffled.pdf`
## This readme as a generated zine: # Make a printable zine
open the file `zines/zinemaker.pdf` ## To prepare signatures for printing the zine
The default parameters take the zines/zinemaker_screen.pdf and output
zinemaker{random_number}.pdf
Run it for your own pdf files as following:
`python shuffle_pdf.py` zines/<input>.pdf zines/<output>.pdf`
In the printer settings opt-in for the following settings:
- A4 Landscape
- Two pages per side
- Double side - short edge
<img>./thumbs/printer_settings.png<img>
## See this readme as the generated zine:
open the file zines/zinemaker.pdf