Draw simple shapes and save the file (pdf)

Question

I am looking for a python library that I can use to draw simple shapes and characters and then save to a file (in pdf convertible format). I would prefer if I don't need an X server.

eg. might look something like this.

import drawing_lib obj = drawing_lib.Object() for i in range(5): obj.draw_line(from=(i*10, 20), to=(i*10+10, 35)) obj.save_pdf('five_inclined_lines.pdf') 

Any ideas?

Answer 1

You can do this with cairo.

 import math,cairo width, height = 768,768 surface = cairo.PDFSurface ("circle.pdf", width, height) ctx = cairo.Context (surface) ctx.set_source_rgb(1,1,1) ctx.rectangle(0,0,width,height) ctx.fill() ctx.set_source_rgb(1,0,0) ctx.move_to(width/2,height/2) ctx.arc(width/2,height/2,512*0.25,0,math.pi*2) ctx.fill() ctx.show_page() 

See also:

• http://www.tortall.net/mu/wiki/CairoTutorial

Answer 2

There are several such libraries.

Personally, I would recommend reportlab for its highly versatile nature.