[reportlab-users] WYSIWYG with reportlab and pygtk

[Tobias Ceglarek]

hello,

my goal is to create a little tool to interactively produce simple
documents with the principle of "What You See Is What You Get".

1. the user interface i have implemented with pygtk:

there is a textview connected to a textbuffer with a fonttag:

  size:
    myTextView.set_size_request(298,210) # = 10.5*cm,7.4*cm

  font:
    myFontTag.set_property("font","Century Schoolbook L 10")

2. i register a type-1 font and use it within a paragraphstyle

  folder = '/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts/'
  afmFile = folder + 'c059013l.afm'
  pfbFile = folder + 'c059013l.pfb'
  justFace = pdfmetrics.EmbeddedType1Face(afmFile, pfbFile)
  faceName = 'CenturySchL-Roma' # pulled from AFM file
  pdfmetrics.registerTypeFace(justFace)
  justFont = pdfmetrics.Font('CenturySchL-Roma', faceName,
'WinAnsiEncoding')
  pdfmetrics.registerFont(justFont)

  ...

  docPagesize = (10.5*cm,7.4*cm)

  ...

  style1 = ParagraphStyle(
    "VorderseiteStyle",
    fontName="CenturySchL-Roma",
    fontSize=10,
    #leading=16,
    leftIndent=0,
    rightIndent=0,
    firstLineIndent=0,
    alignment=TA_CENTER,
    spaceBefore=0,
    spaceAfter=0,
    bulletFontName="CenturySchL-Roma",
    bulletFontSize=10,
    bulletIndent=0,
    textColor=black,
    backColor=None
  )

the effect is the same font (in the user interface and the pdf output).
but the fonts have not exactly the same size and/or spaces between words
and/or letters.

i would be glad if anyone can help me or just give a hint.

perhaps my attempt is wrong/too complicated - how would you make a
simple wysiwyg document?

regards,

prinz igor