A JavaScript library for generating PostScript files.
The main postscript document generator has no strict or hard dependencies, however if you wish to make use of the FontMetric helper you will need to download the AFM file(s) for your font(s) as well as use the glyphlist.txt file found in this repo.
In addition to working normally with standard web browsers when included globally, this library also plays nicely with:
- node.js
- RequireJS
- Webpack
- Browserify
<script src="font_metric.js"></script>
<script src="postscript_document.js"></script>
<script>
/* FontMetric and PostScriptDocument will be available globally */
/* your code goes here */
</script>
require(['font_metric', 'postscript_document'], function(FontMetric, PostScriptDocument) {
/* your code goes here */
});
var FontMetric = require('./font_metric');
var PostScriptDocument = require('./postscript_document');
/* your code goes here */
var afmData = read_file_as_string('path/to/your/font.afm');
var glyphData = read_file_as_string('glyphlist.txt');
var helvetica = new FontMetric({
'file': afmData,
'glyphlist': glyphData
});
var doc = new PostScriptDocument({
'author': 'John Doe',
'title': 'My Report'
});
var page = doc.addPage();
page.push({
type: 'text',
text: 'Hello World',
x: 10,
y: 10,
fontSize: 27
});
page.push({
type: 'box',
x: 100,
y: 200,
w: 400,
h: 300,
color: '#000088'
});
var outputFile = doc.render();
/* save, write, download or echo the resulting outputFile which will be a simple string */
PostScriptDocument:
author, string
title, string
font, string
fontSize, integer
lineWidth, integer
widthInches, decimal
heightInches, decimal
dpi, integer
FontMetric:
file, string: the AFM file as a string
glyphlist, string: the contents of glyphlist.txt as a string
PostScriptDocument:
addPage() adds a new page to the document and, returns the page as an array
render() renders all pages and their content, returns the result as a string
FontMetric:
wrap(text, width, fontSize): returns an array of strings, wrapped to the given width (in pt) when using the given font size (in pt)
width(text, fontSize): returns the width (in pt) of the text at the given font size (in pt)
`*******`
`**********`
`*****************************`
`*******************************************`
`**************************************************`
`*****************************************************`
`*******` `********************************` `*******`
`*******` `********* CREATED BY: *********` `*******`
`**********` `******* MONDO ROBOT LLC *******` `**********`
`***********` `*****`www.mondorobot.com`*****` `***********`
`*****************************************************************`
`******************************************************************`
`***********************************************************`
`*************************************************`
`********************************************`
`*******************` `*******************`
`*****************` `*****************`
`***************` `***************`
`**************` `**************`
`***********` `***********`
`********` `********`
`******` `*****`
