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In this example we show you how to create a pdf with text in it using PyCairo
Code
import cairo
def main():
ps = cairo.PDFSurface("testfile.pdf", 504, 648)
cr = cairo.Context(ps)
cr.set_source_rgb(0, 0, 0)
cr.select_font_face("Sans", cairo.FONT_SLANT_NORMAL,
cairo.FONT_WEIGHT_NORMAL)
cr.set_font_size(16)
cr.move_to(10, 20)
cr.show_text("This is sample text in the PDF.")
cr.move_to(30, 40)
cr.show_text("This is more sample text in the PDF.")
cr.move_to(50, 60)
cr.show_text("This is sample text in the PDF line 3.")
cr.show_page()
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
The code is similar to the image creation example
To render a PDF file, we must create a PDF surface using the cairo.PDFSurface object. The size of the PDF file is specified in points.
- width_in_points – width of the surface, in points (1 point = 1/72.0 inch)
- height_in_points – height of the surface, in points (1 point = 1/72.0 inch)
ps = cairo.PDFSurface("testfile.pdf", 600, 800)
The show_page() finishes rendering of the PDF file.
cr.show_page()