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from reportlab.pdfgen.canvas import Canvas
from reportlab.lib.pagesizes import A4
from reportlab.lib.units import mm
from reportlab.lib.colors import pink, magenta, red, blue, yellow, lightyellow

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c = Canvas("pdf/reportlab-canvas-A4-bag-of-words.pdf", pagesize=(210*mm, 297*mm), bottomup=0)

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c.setPageSize(A4)

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# Draw a background color
c.setFillColor(lightyellow)
c.rect(0, 0, A4[0], A4[1], stroke=0, fill=1)

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# Draw a bag-of-words on the canvas, on random positions
import random

txt = open('txt/language.txt', 'r').read()
words = txt.split()

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# Set a font, change the font color
from reportlab.pdfbase.ttfonts import TTFont, pdfmetrics

fontpath = "fonts/OSP-DIN.ttf"
font =  TTFont('OSP-DIN', fontpath)
pdfmetrics.registerFont(font)

c.setFont('OSP-DIN', 32)
c.setFillColor(magenta)

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# Draw on the canvas
for n in range(100):
    x = random.randint(0, 190)
    y = random.randint(0, 280)
    word = random.choice(words).strip(',.')
    print(x, y, word)
    c.drawString(x*mm, y*mm, word)

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# Add a small caption
c.setFont('Courier', 10)
c.setFillColor(blue)
c.drawCentredString(105*mm, 285*mm, 'Random words from Language and Software Studies, by Florian Cramer (2005)')

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# Save the PDF!
#c.showPage()
c.save()

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