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@eduairet you’re welcome, happy to help.

here is a more concise and more pythonic version of your code:

from random import shuffle

w, h = 1000, 1000

names = ['Pedro', 'Jonás', 'Raúl', 'Celestina', 'Constanza']
things = ['Ojos', 'Latas', 'Lombrices', 'Cigarro', 'Guitarra']

shuffle(names)
shuffle(things)

pairs = list(zip(names, things))

def makePage(pair):

    # flip a coin to choose colors
    coin = randint(0, 1)
    if coin:
        color1 = 0,    
        color2 = 1,
    else:
        color1 = 1,
        color2 = 0,        

    # draw page background
    newPage(w, h)
    fill(*color1)
    rect(0, 0, w, h)

    # draw text
    name, word = pair
    fontSize(56)
    fill(*color2)
    text(f"Pair: {name} & {word}", (w/2, h/2), align='center')

# make all pages
for pair in pairs:
    makePage(pair)

# save pdf to disk
saveImage('~/Desktop/ruleta.png', multipage=True)

if you don’t understand something, please just ask! cheers

hello @jansindl3r,

have a look at textWidth(txt), it returns the width & height of a text box.

good luck!

hello @eduairet,

you could shuffle each list separately, then combine them using zip():

from random import shuffle

L1 = ['Michael', 'John', 'Graham']
L2 = ['spam', 'bacon', 'eggs']

shuffle(L1)
shuffle(L2)

L3 = list(zip(L1, L2))
print(L3)

there are other ways to do it…

mm strange, can you send an example script that fails with this traceback

A wild guess is that the drawBot package is not installed.

Did you do this last step (next to installing all the dependencies)

cd path/To/drawBot
pytho3.7 setup.py install

hello @jansindl3r,

you can use the contours of the letters as a clipping mask, so the outside half of the stroke is not visible:

size(2000, 1000)
stroke(1, 0, 0)
strokeWidth(30)

B = BezierPath()
B.text('a', (110, 130), fontSize=1400)

# clip external stroke
with savedState():
    clipPath(B)
    drawPath(B)

# normal stroke
translate(1000, 0)
drawPath(B)

cheers!

I guess you have an other packages installed also called vanilla. Which is not the vanilla required by DrawBot...

A similar issue see: https://github.com/robotools/vanilla/issues/88#issuecomment-464800669

If you use pip to manage your packages, please use the requirements provided by drawbot.

good luck

RafalBuchner created this issue in robotools/vanilla

closed python3 setup install py2app #88

hello @eduairet,

you can use Python’s string formatting syntax to create strings with variable parts:

name = 'John'
age = 17

# old syntax, still works
txt1 = "I am %s and I have %s years." % (name, age)

# new in py3: f-strings
txt2 = f"I am {name} and I have {age} years."

and here’s how you can repeat it for a list of names and collect the output into a single text:

persons = [
    ('Michael', 34),
    ('Maria', 15),
    ('Daniel', 56),
]

txt = ''
for name, age in persons:
    txt += f"I am {name} and I have {age} years.\n"

fontSize(56)
textBox(txt, (0, 0, width(), height()))

hope this helps!

hello @eduairet,

the number of spaces between columns is the number of columns + 1. so:

def vGuide(cols, gutter):
    for currentCol in range(cols+1):
        x = width() / cols * currentCol
        # ...

def hGuide(rows, gutter):
    for currentRow in range(rows+1):
        y = height() / rows * currentRow
        # ...

you can also loop over the actual rows and columns to create a grid using rectangles:

size(1000, 700)

cols = 4
rows = 3
gutter = 12

w = (width()  - gutter * (cols + 1)) / cols
h = (height() - gutter * (rows + 1)) / rows

fill(None)
strokeWidth(2)
stroke(0, 1, 1)

for col in range(cols):
    for row in range(rows):
        x = gutter + col * (w + gutter)
        y = gutter + row * (h + gutter)
        rect(x, y, w, h)

cheers!

mmm, generate an instance with fontTools, use that font with a path and generate the pdf?

wondering if the Bad font object... error is also reported with old-style-static-fonts?

made an issue see: https://github.com/typemytype/drawbot/issues/287

typemytype created this issue in typemytype/drawbot

open support for bleed #287