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#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#
# Copyright 2008-2025 by Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com>
# Copyright 2013 by Elena Grandi <elena.valhalla@gmail.com>
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
"""
Generate example PDF documents for pdfposter.
This generates two PDF-files:
- a tall one (5.0 cm x 29,7 cm)
- a wide one (29.7 cm x 5.0 cm)
These pages are later used creating images for examples.
"""
__author__ = "Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com>"
__copyright__ = "Copyright 2008-2025 by Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com>"
__license__ = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
from reportlab.lib.units import mm
from reportlab.lib.colors import black
from reportlab.pdfgen.canvas import Canvas
def genTestFile(filename_tall, filename_wide):
short_size = 50*mm
long_size = 297*mm
numbers = ['B', 'A', '9', '8', '7', '6', '5', '4', '3', '2', '1']
margin = 10*mm
#----------- generate the tall PDF -----------
size = (short_size, long_size)
step = (long_size - margin*2)/len(numbers)
canv = Canvas(filename_tall, pagesize=size)
canv.setFont("Helvetica", 72)
canv.setStrokeColor(black)
# draw the content
for i, n in enumerate(numbers):
canv.drawCentredString(short_size/2, step*i + margin + 4*mm, n)
canv.rect(margin, margin, short_size - margin * 2,
long_size - margin * 2, fill=0, stroke=1)
# save the pdf file
canv.showPage()
canv.save()
#----------- generate the wide PDF -----------
size = (long_size, short_size)
step = (long_size - margin*2)/len(numbers)
numbers.reverse()
canv = Canvas(filename_wide, pagesize=size)
canv.setFont("Helvetica", 72)
canv.setStrokeColor(black)
# draw the contents
for i, n in enumerate(numbers):
canv.drawCentredString(step*i + margin + step/2, margin + 6*mm, n)
canv.rect(margin, margin, long_size - margin * 2,
short_size - margin * 2, fill=0, stroke=1)
# save the pdf file
canv.showPage()
canv.save()
if __name__ == '__main__':
import argparse
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument('filename_tall',
help='Name of tall output file')
parser.add_argument('filename_wide',
help='Name of wide output file')
args = parser.parse_args()
genTestFile(args.filename_tall, args.filename_wide)
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