Simple C PDF Creation/Generation library. All contained a single C-file with header and no external library dependencies.
Useful for embedding into other programs that require rudimentary PDF output.
Supports the following PDF features
- Text of various fonts/sizes/colours
- Lines/Rectangles/Filled Rectangles/Polygons/Filled Polygons
- Bookmarks
- Barcodes (Code-128 & Code-39)
- PPM Images
- JPEG Images
#include "pdfgen.h"
int main(void) {
struct pdf_info info = {
.creator = "My software",
.producer = "My software",
.title = "My document",
.author = "My name",
.subject = "My subject",
.date = "Today"
};
struct pdf_doc *pdf = pdf_create(PDF_A4_WIDTH, PDF_A4_HEIGHT, &info);
pdf_set_font(pdf, "Times-Roman");
pdf_append_page(pdf);
pdf_add_text(pdf, NULL, "This is text", 12, 50, 20, PDF_BLACK);
pdf_add_line(pdf, NULL, 50, 24, 150, 24, 3, PDF_BLACK);
pdf_save(pdf, "output.pdf");
pdf_destroy(pdf);
return 0;
}
The source here is public domain. If you find it useful, please drop me a line at andre@ignavus.net.
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