[reportlab-users] a joke with RL, was Re: searching some fonts for use with ReportLab...

[Jerome Alet]

On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 10:03:09AM -0000, Andy Robinson wrote:
> > And now you can play a bit with :
> > 
> >         http://cgi.librelogiciel.com/cgi-bin/punishment
> >         
> > You can download the source code from there as well. I think it could
> > be used as an introduction to the ReportLab Toolkit : With it you 
> > can        
> > see how to use repetitive objects in an efficient manner,
> > and play with fonts, images, and graphic primitives.
> > 
> > Comments and improvements are very welcome.
> 
> This is brilliant!  I'd call it Demo of the Year. 

Thanks a lot !

> My oldest
> still uses pencil and I am dreading the arrival of ink 
> next year...
> 
> Should we put in on reportlab.org to be kinder to your server?

Of course ! This wouldn't be possible without ReportLab anyway.

Beware though, I'm not sure about the redistribution rights for
the fonts I use, so please check this.

I currently use the following fonts : 

        ExpletiveDeleted.ttf  ==> gives the best result because it
                                  includes some special characters.
                                  Created by Rich Gast.
                                  
        tommys.ttf  ==> not bad, looks like it's written by a very young
                        child. Created by Tom Murphy from Divide By Zero.
                        Freely useable and redistributable only for no fee.
                        
        farewell.ttf ==> I didn't keep any info about it, sorry                        
        
        cathsgbr.ttf ==> I didn't keep any info about it, sorry
                        
Feel free to add more fonts to the fonts directory, and more ink spots        
to the spots directory on your own setup, they'll all be used at
random.

The current spots archive is available from :

        http://cgi.librelogiciel.com/spots.tgz
        
This archive is now placed into the public domain. I wasn't able to make
RL+PIL accept my PNG images as input, that's why there are GIF images
as well.

Also any info about paper formats used in GB or elsewhere is more than
welcome.

bye, and thanks again

Jerome Alet