Text stuffing with Cairo/pycairo?
Warren Vick <[email protected]> Wed, 24 Apr 2019 14:28:18 +0000
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Hello,
New to the list and wondering if Cairo might be the right library to help m=
e create some vector-based typographic art.
I'd like to create a piece that only use text at various font faces, sizes,=
style, colours, etc. It would largely be machine generated so I'd like to =
find a software library that will help me place vector text on a canvas and=
finally save as a large PDF. From a Python script, I'd like to be able to =
specify a bounding box on the page, the text string, text attributes and ge=
t the library to fill (by sizing and stretching) the text to fill the box. =
I'll repeat this process several thousand times and when I'm done, simply s=
ave the PDF. I'd love to avoid messing around with font metrics if I can an=
d get the library to do the "text stuffing" for me.
Is Cairo and the pycairo bindings the right library for me? Any simple exam=
ple out there that might help? Many thanks.
Regards,
Warren
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">New to the list and wondering if Cairo might be the =
right library to help me create some vector-based typographic art.<o:p></o:=
p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">I’d like to create a piece that only use text =
at various font faces, sizes, style, colours, etc. It would largely be mach=
ine generated so I’d like to find a software library that will help m=
e place vector text on a canvas and finally save
as a large PDF. From a Python script, I’d like to be able to specify=
a bounding box on the page, the text string, text attributes and get the l=
ibrary to fill (by sizing and stretching) the text to fill the box. I’=
;ll repeat this process several thousand times
and when I’m done, simply save the PDF. I’d love to avoid mess=
ing around with font metrics if I can and get the library to do the “=
text stuffing” for me.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Is Cairo and the pycairo bindings the right library =
for me? Any simple example out there that might help? Many thanks.<o:p></o:=
p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Regards,<=
o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Warren<o:=
p></o:p></span></p>
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