From: Joao Pedrosa <joaopedrosa@...>
Date: 2004-04-21T11:12:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Generating true type Fonts


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 :-)
- 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

--- 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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