[Zope] Dynamically generating text graphics in Zope
Anders Schneiderman
schneida@seiu.org
Tue, 21 Aug 2001 11:28:51 -0400
Thanks for the suggestion. From what I can see from the documentation, you
can do very basic graphics in Pil: set the font and the color. Can you do
textures and other fancier formatting of text, or would I have to go elsewhere?
Thanks,
Anders
At 08:51 AM 8/21/01 -0500, Steve Spicklemire wrote:
>I would suggest PIL. There's an example in the Zope Book!
>
>-steve
>
>On Tuesday, August 21, 2001, at 08:20 AM, Anders Schneiderman wrote:
>
>>I'm trying to create a site for our intranet that will create text
>>graphics that people can use to construct a web site ala Cooltext. For
>>ex, I want to be able to let someone enter five different menu names,
>>pick one of several color schemes/textures, and then spit back the
>>graphics so they can copy them. Two questions:
>>
>>1) Has anyone done this before, and if so how did they do it (and do you
>>have code you'd be willing to share)?
>>
>>2) If not, any suggestions on how to get started? Obviously, gimp on
>>Windows is one solution, but I'm a bit daunted at the prospect of taking
>>it on. Are there any apps designed for Windows that can be run
>>dynamically w/o driving you crazy?
>>
>>My Zope site will be running on an NT box, so linux-only software isn't
>>an option.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Anders
>>
>>
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