zine_maker/make_zine2.py
2021-04-13 19:05:34 +03:00

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Python

from fpdf import FPDF
"""
A script for generating A5 size pdf zines
with a text-file input, under development,
GPL3 Licence, Mara Karagianni 22 March 2021
"""
# Variables
header_font = 'helvetica'
header_font_size = 14
text_font = 'helvetica'
text_font_size = 10
top_margin = 15
left_margin = 20
right_margin = 20
max_left_margin = 160
max_height = 166
current_x = 20
current_y = 30
max_y = 166
max_x = 160
cell_width = 120
cell_header_height = 16
cell_height = 8
pdf = FPDF(orientation="L", unit="mm", format="A4")
pdf.set_font(header_font, 'B', header_font_size)
pdf.set_margins(top=top_margin, left=left_margin, right=right_margin)
pdf.add_page()
# Header
title = 'Painful Mailman Migrations'
pdf.cell(cell_width, cell_header_height, title, 0, ln=1, align='C')
pdf.dashed_line(
current_x, current_y, current_x+cell_width, current_y,
dash_length=3, space_length=3)
# set font for all text
pdf.set_font(text_font, size=text_font_size)
# file to get the text
filename = "./notes_sample"
text = open(filename).readlines()
# start x and y position
pdf.set_xy(current_x, current_y+9)
class Zine(FPDF):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.cur_x = current_x
self.cur_y = current_y
self.max_x = max_left_margin
self.max_y = max_height
self.w_cell = cell_width
self.text = text
def new_signature(self):
# create new page/signature
self.add_page()
self.set_xy(self.cur_x, self.cur_.y)
self.set_margins(top=15, left=20, right=20)
print('NEW SIGNATURE')
def new_page(self):
print('*****')
print("BOTTOM OF PAGE, height is {}".format(pdf.get_y()))
print('*****')
self.set_xy(self.x, self.y)
self.set_margins(
top=15, left=160, right=20)
def create_pages(self):
index = 0
for line in self.text:
# check current page height and if we are in the right side of page
if self.get_y() >= self.max_y and self.get_x() == self.max_x:
self.new_signature()
if self.get_y() >= self.max_y:
self.new_page()
self.multi_cell(
self.w_cell, 166, self.text[index], 0, align='L')
index += 1
# def create_pages(self):
# index = 0
# for line in self.text:
# # check current page height and if we are in the right side of page
# if pdf.get_y() >= self.max_y and pdf.get_x() == self.max_x:
# self.new_signature()
#
# if pdf.get_y() >= self.max_y:
# self.new_page()
#
# pdf.multi_cell(
# self.w_cell, cell_height, self.text[index], 0, align='L')
# index += 1
zine = Zine()
zine.create_pages()
pdf.output('new_trial.pdf')
# index = 0
# for line in text:
# # check current page height
# if pdf.get_y() >= max_height and pdf.get_x() == max_left_margin:
# # create new page/signature
# pdf.add_page()
# pdf.set_xy(current_x, current_y)
# pdf.set_margins(top=top_margin, left=left_margin, right=right_margin)
# print('NEW SIGNATURE')
#
# if pdf.get_y() >= max_height:
# print('*****')
# print("BOTTOM OF PAGE, height is {}".format(pdf.get_y()))
# print('*****')
#
# pdf.set_xy(max_left_margin, current_y)
# pdf.set_margins(
# top=top_margin, left=max_left_margin, right=right_margin)
#
# if line == "\n":
# # debug if empty lines are detected
# print('EMPTY LINE {}'.format(line))
#
# print("x {}, y {}".format(pdf.get_x(), pdf.get_y()))
# print('============')
#
# pdf.multi_cell(cell_width, cell_height, text[index], 0, align='L')
# index += 1
# save pdf file