Mon 14 October 2024

I wrote my last post on fpdf2 18 months ago. We released 7 more versions of fpdf2 since then! This article will present some of the major features introduced since v2.7.3 to v2.8.1 of fpdf2: click on the buttons below to reveal the various changes brought …

Mon 03 April 2023

I wrote my latest post on fpdf2 almost a year ago. As we just released a new version, v2.7.3, this is the time to mention some recent additions to this library! 😊 This article will present some of the major features introduced between v2.5.3 & v2.7.3 …

Sun 24 April 2022

fpdf2 is a simple & fast PDF creation library for Python that I have been maintaining since mid-2020. In this article, I'm going to present some of the new features that landed since my last post on the subject. Hence, this will cover versions 2.5.0, 2.5.1 & 2 …

Sat 12 June 2021

fpdf2 is a minimalist PDF creation library for Python that I am maintaining. With the release yesterday of its v2.4.0, I'm going to present some of its notable new features since the latest minor version. https://github.com/pyfpdf/fpdf2/ Doc: https://pyfpdf.github.io/fpdf2/ JPEG images …

Sat 24 April 2021

Undying Dusk is a video game in a PDF format, with a gameplay based on exploration and logic puzzles, in the tradition of dungeon crawlers. A curse set by the Empress keeps the world in an eternal dusk. You have recently found shelter in an eerie monastery. Featuring: ~ 200 000 …

Fri 29 January 2021

Today, I am happy to announce version 2.3.0 of fpdf2, code name: Unbreakable! https://github.com/pyfpdf/fpdf2/ Doc: https://pyfpdf.github.io/fpdf2/ Why Unbreakable? As a tribute to M. Night Shyamalan movie Because using fpdf2, your Python code can never break! ... Just kidding, I would be …

Mon 11 January 2021

Today, I am happy to announce a new version 2.2.0 of fpdf2 ! https://github.com/pyfpdf/fpdf2/ Doc: https://pyfpdf.github.io/fpdf2/ During the last few months, I contributed a few improvements to fpdf2, David Ankin fork of PyFPDF, the user-friendly Python library to generate PDFs: from …

Wed 15 July 2020

Linkback protocols are an old breed. They were born in a time where MySpace, Wikipedia & WordPress had just been launched, and Friendster was more popular than this new website called Facebook. Diagram source: PPRuNe article on linkbacks The latest linkback protocol, Webmention, is relatively recent though, as it became a …

Wed 03 February 2016

A year ago, I built a small JS lib using D3.js to visualize JSON-defined genealogy trees. At the beginning of the year, I added a new feature using flex-calendar and moment-ferie-fr : a birthday calendar using the same JSON genealogy definition and miniature images. I added this calendar to the …

Tue 18 November 2014

I'm happy to introduce you with genealogic-d3, a Javascript visualization library to nicely display genealogy trees that I've been working on during the past 3 days. I'm quite satisfied by the result. You'll find a live demo you can play with at https://chezsoi.org/lucas/genealogic-d3/skywalker.html I …