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author: ''
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date: 2008/09/11 18:24
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slug: BB754
tags: programming, python, rst2pdf
title: Using vector images in reportlab, improved
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updated: 2008/09/11 18:24
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I just committed into trunk of rst2pdf_ a nicely working SVGImage flowable for reportlabs.

The code is self-contained in two files:

* svgimage.py_

* uniconvsaver.py_

.. _uniconvsaver.py: http://code.google.com/p/rst2pdf/source/browse/trunk/rst2pdf/uniconvsaver.py

.. _svgimage.py: http://code.google.com/p/rst2pdf/source/browse/trunk/rst2pdf/svgimage.py

You can use them in your app if you want (I'd like to know, though). One of them is GPL/LGPL (it's basically copied from uniconvertor) the other is MIT-Licensed.

The output is astonishing: svg.pdf_ is only 32KB and completely resolution-independent. Graphics in your PDF That look good printed and on screen! And are not huge! Yay!

This will be the flagship new feature in tomorrow's rst2pdf 0.8.

.. _svg.pdf: //ralsina.me/static/svg.pdf

.. _rst2pdf: http://rst2pdf.googlecode.com