User:Simon/Trim4/Layout using Reportlab

Reportlab is a Python library that allows you to make multi-page documents, working with a canvas. I found a nice introduction and tutorial here: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2010/03/08/a-simple-step-by-step-reportlab-tutorial/

From this tutorial, I created a basic page: from reportlab.pdfgen import canvas c = canvas.Canvas("hello.pdf") c.drawString(100,750,"Welcome to Reportlab!") c.save()

A form: from reportlab.lib.pagesizes import letter from reportlab.pdfgen import canvas canvas = canvas.Canvas('myfile.pdf', pagesize=letter) width, height = letter

and a letter with flowing text: import time from reportlab.lib.enums import TA_JUSTIFY from reportlab.lib.pagesizes import letter from reportlab.platypus import SimpleDocTemplate, Paragraph, Spacer, Image from reportlab.lib.styles import getSampleStyleSheet, ParagraphStyle from reportlab.lib.units import inch doc = SimpleDocTemplate("form_letter.pdf",pagesize=letter, rightMargin=72,leftMargin=72, topMargin=72,bottomMargin=18) Story=[] logo = "python_logo.png" magName = "Pythonista" issueNum = 12 subPrice = "99.00" limitedDate = "03/05/2010" freeGift = "tin foil hat" formatted_time = time.ctime() full_name = "Mike Driscoll" address_parts = ["411 State St.", "Marshalltown, IA 50158"] im = Image(logo, 2*inch, 2*inch) Story.append(im) styles=getSampleStyleSheet() styles.add(ParagraphStyle(name='Justify', alignment=TA_JUSTIFY)) ptext = '%s' % formatted_time Story.append(Paragraph(ptext, styles["Normal"])) Story.append(Spacer(1, 12)) # Create return address ptext = '%s' % full_name Story.append(Paragraph(ptext, styles["Normal"])) for part in address_parts: ptext = '%s' % part.strip() Story.append(Paragraph(ptext, styles["Normal"])) Story.append(Spacer(1, 12)) ptext = 'Dear %s:' % full_name.split()[0].strip() Story.append(Paragraph(ptext, styles["Normal"])) Story.append(Spacer(1, 12)) ptext = 'We would like to welcome you to our subscriber base for %s Magazine! \ You will receive %s issues at the excellent introductory price of $%s. Please respond by\ %s to start receiving your subscription and get the following free gift: %s.' % (magName, issueNum, subPrice, limitedDate, freeGift) Story.append(Paragraph(ptext, styles["Justify"])) Story.append(Spacer(1, 12)) ptext = 'Thank you very much and we look forward to serving you.' Story.append(Paragraph(ptext, styles["Justify"])) Story.append(Spacer(1, 12)) ptext = 'Sincerely,' Story.append(Paragraph(ptext, styles["Normal"])) Story.append(Spacer(1, 48)) ptext = 'Ima Sucker' Story.append(Paragraph(ptext, styles["Normal"])) Story.append(Spacer(1, 12)) doc.build(Story)