Generating true type Fonts

ruby-talk
1

I am in the process of generating some simple reports on Windows XP using
Ruby 1.8.1.
All I want is Carriage Control (to print at specific locations on
pre-printed stationery),
a few standard Fonts (to control size of the printed text) and ability to
control Page
Orientation (landscape/portrait). Using MS Office is NOT an option.

I searched for libraries on Google and came up with FT2-Ruby:
http://www.pablotron.org/software/ft2-ruby/

This is a time-critical requirement (get it done in a couple of days), so I
am not
looking for a feature-full type-setting system, if the learning curve is
steep.
So stable, easy to use is a must.

Any other suggestions, ideas etc.
– shanko

2

Hi,

PDF-Writer is an option.
http://raa.ruby-lang.org/list.rhtml?name=pdf-writer

Pros:

  • Lightweight - Written in pure Ruby
  • Really small - Based in part in cPDF which is
    written in PHP in a couple of files.
  • Supports some different fonts

Cons:

  • Alpha status - Only one release so far, even though
    I am thankful for it :slight_smile:
  • Buggy still - The library may need some small fixes
    to work for you (but it will).

If you can afford to take a look at it and learn how
it works, it should do fine. I avoided the EZWriter
class and am writting a report generator using the
Writer class. But it’s not ready yet (I may publish it
afterwards).

Cheers,
Joao

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— Shashank Date sdate@everestkc.net wrote:

I am in the process of generating some simple
reports on Windows XP using
Ruby 1.8.1.
All I want is Carriage Control (to print at specific
locations on
pre-printed stationery),
a few standard Fonts (to control size of the printed
text) and ability to
control Page
Orientation (landscape/portrait). Using MS Office is
NOT an option.

I searched for libraries on Google and came up with
FT2-Ruby:
http://www.pablotron.org/software/ft2-ruby/

This is a time-critical requirement (get it done in
a couple of days), so I
am not
looking for a feature-full type-setting system, if
the learning curve is
steep.
So stable, easy to use is a must.

Any other suggestions, ideas etc.
– shanko

Any other suggestions, ideas etc.
– shanko

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