Generate PDF from plain text

text2pdf.py

import sys

from reportlab.lib.pagesizes import *
from reportlab.lib.styles import getSampleStyleSheet
from reportlab.lib.units import inch
from reportlab.platypus import Paragraph, SimpleDocTemplate, Spacer, PageBreak
from reportlab.lib.enums import *
from reportlab.pdfbase import pdfmetrics
from reportlab.pdfbase.ttfonts import TTFont

if len(sys.argv) < 3:
    print "Usage: <script> textfile pdffile"
    sys.exit()
else:
    w,h=B5
    pdf = SimpleDocTemplate(sys.argv[2], pagesize = (w-50,h))
    story = []
    styles = getSampleStyleSheet()
    style = styles['Normal']
    font_path = r"/Library/Fonts/Athelas.ttc"
    pdfmetrics.registerFont(TTFont("Athelas", font_path))
    style.fontName="Athelas"
    style.firstLineIndent=20
    style.alignment=TA_JUSTIFY
    text = file(sys.argv[1]).read()
    paragraphs = text.split("\n")
    firstline=True
    for para in paragraphs:
        if para[:7]=="Chapter":
            if not firstline:
                story.append(PageBreak())
            else:
                firstline=False
            style.alignment=TA_CENTER
            style.fontSize=20
        else:
            style.alignment=TA_JUSTIFY
            style.fontSize=10

        story.append(Paragraph(para, style))
        if style.fontSize==20:
            story.append(Spacer(0, inch * style.fontSize/50.0))
    pdf.build(story)