tko/vertical_text.py

   1 #!/usr/bin/env python
   2
   3 import gd, os, cStringIO, urllib2, sys
   4
   5 fontlist = [
   6     '/usr/lib/python/site-packages/reportlab/fonts/PenguinAttack.ttf'
   7     '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSans.ttf',
   8     '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera/Vera.ttf',
   9     ]
  10
  11 fontpath = '.'
  12 for f in fontlist:
  13     if os.path.exists(f):
  14         fontpath = fontpath + ':' + os.path.dirname(f)
  15         FONT = os.path.basename(f)
  16         break
  17
  18 os.environ["GDFONTPATH"] = fontpath
  19
  20 try:
  21     FONT
  22 except NameError:
  23     print "no fonts found"
  24     sys.exit(1)
  25
  26 def simple():
  27     im = gd.image((20,200))
  28
  29     white = im.colorAllocate((255, 255, 255))
  30     black = im.colorAllocate((0, 0, 0))
  31
  32     #im.colorTransparent(white)
  33     im.interlace(1)
  34
  35     im.string_ttf(FONT, 10.0, 1.56, (15, 190), sys.argv[1], black)
  36
  37     f=open(sys.argv[1]+".png","w")
  38     im.writePng(f)
  39     f.close()
  40
  41 simple()