Python command line tool to quickly create PDFs from text content
Project description
A command-line tool in Python. Pass it one or more text files, or pipe something from stdin, and it will produce a text-only PDF file.
Handy for quickly printing plain text content in a clean and predictable format. Specify font, font size, orientation and paper size from the command line.
Installation
Grab the file pdfpipe.py and execute it, or:
pip install pdfpipe
Or, you can download the source and
python setup.py install
or
sudo python setup.py install
if required.
Command-Line Usage
In your command-line:
echo "Hello from a PDF file named output.pdf" | pdfpipe.py
Or
pdfpipe.py -p -b -o printable.pdf -s 14 -g Letter --title "Reports for today" report*.txt
Type
pdfpipe.py --help
for more information on the available options.
Fonts and Unicode
The FPDF library knows about the following font families:
Courier, Arial, Times, Symbol, ZapfDingbats
Which can all be chosen as the font with the -f option. By default, Courier will be used for the monospace font, Arial (helvetica) for proportional (-p).
If you need to print non-latin text, or want a different font for any other reason, instead specify the full path to a TTF font file. E.g.:
./pdfpipe.py unicode_text.txt -f "/Library/Fonts/Arial Unicode.ttf"
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