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Creating PDFs with Python and ReportLab's Canvas (Part I)

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Mike Driscoll
Apr 01, 2024
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ReportLab is a very powerful library. With a little effort, you can make pretty much any layout that you can think of. I have used it to replicate many complex page layouts over the years. In this tutorial, you will be learning how to use ReportLab’s pdfgen package. You will discover how to do the following:

  • Draw text

  • Learn about fonts and text colors

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