[reportlab-users] set font colors

[Tim Roberts]

Chorny, Ilya wrote:

>

> I am trying to set the font color, for example by

>

>  

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> outpdf = canvas.Canvas("analysis_report.pdf",pagesize = letter)

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> width, height = letter

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> outpdf.setFont("Helvetica", 10)

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> outpdf.setFillColorCMYK(0,0,0,36)

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>  

>

> but it seems to have no effect on the color. I have tried

> RGB(187,187,187) and that gives me a blank page. Am I doing something

> wrong?

>


Yes.  The color values in Postscript are floating point numbers from 0
to 1.  This should make you happier:
    outpdf.setFillColorCMYK(0,0,0,0.36)

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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