[Zope] Dynamically generating text graphics in Zope

[marc lindahl]

There's a product that does this - don't remember the name, but it's on the
zope site.

> From: Anders Schneiderman <schneida@seiu.org>
> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 11:28:51 -0400
> To: Steve Spicklemire <steve@spvi.com>
> Cc: zope@zope.org
> Subject: Re: [Zope] Dynamically generating text graphics in Zope
> 
> 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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