83 lines
2 KiB
Python
83 lines
2 KiB
Python
from fpdf import FPDF
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"""
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A script for generating A5 size pdf zines
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with a text-file input, under development,
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GPL3 Licence, Mara Karagianni March 2021
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"""
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# Variables
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header_font = 'helvetica'
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header_font_size = 14
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text_font = 'helvetica'
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text_font_size = 10
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top_margin = 15
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left_margin = 20
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right_margin = 20
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max_left_margin = 160
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max_height = 166
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current_x = 20
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current_y = 30
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max_y = 166
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max_x = 160
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cell_width = 120
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cell_header_height = 16
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cell_height = 8
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pdf = FPDF(orientation="L", unit="mm", format="A4")
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pdf.set_font(header_font, 'B', header_font_size)
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pdf.set_margins(top=top_margin, left=left_margin, right=right_margin)
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pdf.add_page()
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print("TOP margin is {}".format(pdf.get_y()))
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# Header
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title = 'Painful Mailman Migrations'
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pdf.cell(cell_width, cell_header_height, title, 0, ln=1, align='C')
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pdf.dashed_line(
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current_x, current_y, current_x+cell_width, current_y,
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dash_length=3, space_length=3)
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# set font for all text
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pdf.set_font(text_font, size=text_font_size)
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# file to get the text
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filename = "./notes_sample"
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text = open(filename).readlines()
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# start x and y position
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pdf.set_xy(current_x, current_y+9)
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index = 0
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for line in text:
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# check current page height
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if pdf.get_y() >= max_height and pdf.get_x() == max_left_margin:
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# create new page/signature
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pdf.add_page()
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pdf.set_xy(current_x, current_y)
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pdf.set_margins(top=top_margin, left=left_margin, right=right_margin)
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print('NEW SIGNATURE')
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if pdf.get_y() >= max_height:
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print('*****')
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print("BOTTOM OF PAGE, height is {}".format(pdf.get_y()))
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print('*****')
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pdf.set_xy(max_left_margin, current_y)
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pdf.set_margins(
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top=top_margin, left=max_left_margin, right=right_margin)
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if line == "\n":
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# debug if empty lines are detected
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print('EMPTY LINE {}'.format(line))
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print("x {}, y {}".format(pdf.get_x(), pdf.get_y()))
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print('============')
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pdf.multi_cell(cell_width, cell_height, text[index], 0, align='L')
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index += 1
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# save pdf file
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pdf.output('trial.pdf')
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