[reportlab-users] How to write text upside down?

[Gregory Piñero]

Ah, I figured it out, you need to make height and width negative when
drawing strings upside down:

def write_text(c,front_text,inside_text):
   c.setFillColor(black)
   c.setFont("Helvetica", 22)
   c.drawCentredString(3*(width/4), int(.4*height), front_text) #want
right side up
   c.setFont("Helvetica", 18)
   c.rotate(180) #write text upside down so it's right when folded.
   c.drawCentredString(-width/4, -int(.75*height), inside_text) #want
upside down
   c.rotate(180) #put back right side up
   c.setFont("Helvetica", 8)
   c.drawCentredString(width/4, int(.13*height),
       "Created while fondly thinking of you at") #want right side up

Thanks,

Greg

On Dec 1, 2007 11:03 PM, Gregory Piñero <gregpinero at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to write some text, one string I want to put upside down

> since the printed document is meant to be folded.

>

> Here's what I'm currently trying, with calling c.rotate(180) but no

> text seems to show up on the document after I call that.

>

> def write_text(c,front_text,inside_text):

>     c.setFillColor(black)

>     c.setFont("Helvetica", 22)

>     c.drawCentredString(3*(width/4), int(.4*height), front_text) #want

> right side up

>     c.setFont("Helvetica", 18)

>     c.rotate(180) #write text upside down so it's right when folded.

>     c.drawCentredString(width/4, int(.75*height), inside_text) #want upside down

>     c.setFont("Helvetica", 8)

>     c.drawCentredString(width/4, int(.13*height),

>         "Created while fondly thinking of you at") #want right side up

>

> Is there a different method I should be using?

>

> Thanks again,

>

> Greg

>




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