/DiplomaGenerator

Generates diplomas for winners.

Primary LanguageTeX

DiplomaGenerator

Generates diplomas for Instanssi winners.

Requires: LaTex, XeTeX, correct fonts: Courier New, Exo (http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/exo)

Usage

Must have: frame.pdf (an A4 sized PDF background for the diplomas), results.csv (database of the results)

Run: make

Output: PDF diplomas

Results database format

Ordinary CSV with commas (,) as separators and double quotes (") as field text quote characters. Some special characters should be escaped beforahand because of LaTeX. Such characters include & (which should be replaced by &).

The following fields should be present, the first line containing the field names themselves:

Entry - text giving the name of the entry.

Author - text field, author's name.

HasMultipleAuthors - "true" or "false" depending on if the author name is plural or singular.

HasEntry - "true" or "false". False should be used for, e.g., gaming competitions.

Placement - text field, usually marked with Roman numerals "I", "II", "III".

Compo - text field, name of the competition.