write_press_sheet.py

The Python file of the “A sheet as it goes to the press” example. One drawing on three pages: a press sheet stating where the ink runs, where the blade falls and what is worth keeping, with trim marks; the same sheet cropped to the finished page; and a landscape page that states a quarter turn clockwise on an upright sheet.

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What this example is for

Send a printing works a file whose page is exactly the finished size and the job stops there. They cannot cut it: a blade never falls exactly where it should, and there is no colour past the line for it to land in. The sheet has to be larger than the page, and the file has to say by how much and where the finished edge really runs.

What this example shows

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"""A sheet as it goes to the press, and what each box a page states does to it.

The Python twin of the `write_press_sheet` example in Rust. A page has always had
a sheet. It now also has the four boxes a printer reads: what the ink runs to,
where the blade falls, what is worth keeping, and what reading software shows.

What the sheet says is written in the language `HQF_PDF_LANG` names. The prices are
not, and neither are the measurements: the two the note quotes are read off the sheet
the page is drawn on.

Usage: python examples/write_press_sheet.py [out.pdf] [font.ttf]
       HQF_PDF_LANG=fr python examples/write_press_sheet.py
"""

from __future__ import annotations

from dataclasses import dataclass
from pathlib import Path

import _language
import _licence
import _out

import hqf_pdf

# How far past the blade the ink runs.
BLEED_OVER = 9.0
# How much sheet is left outside the ink for the marks.
MARK_ROOM = 27.0
# How long one arm of a corner mark is.
MARK_LENGTH = 18.0

# How much sheet stands outside the finished page on every side.
MARGIN = BLEED_OVER + MARK_ROOM

# The finished page: where the blade falls, in the sheet's own coordinates.
TRIM = (MARGIN, MARGIN, 400.0, 560.0)

# The whole sheet: the finished page, the ink that runs past it, and the room the marks
# stand in.
SHEET = (TRIM[2] + MARGIN + MARGIN, TRIM[3] + MARGIN + MARGIN)

# How far inside the blade the drawing itself keeps.
ART_INSET = 40.0

# The colour the band across the top is laid in.
BAND = (0.11, 0.26, 0.44)

# A4, in points.
A4 = (595.276, 841.890)

# The company whose list is being printed, which no language renames.
COMPANY = "HQF Development"

# The sizes the sheet is set in, in points.
TITLE_SIZE = 22.0
BODY_SIZE = 10.0
FOOT_SIZE = 8.0
NOTE_SIZE = 7.0
CAPTION_SIZE = 8.0
TURNED_TITLE_SIZE = 18.0

# How far one line of body stands under the one above it, in points.
BODY_STEP = 16.0

# Where the label over the arrow between the two sketches begins.
ARROW_LABEL_LEFT = 288.0

# What each row of the list costs, in the order the rows are drawn. A price is not
# language.
PRICES = ("18.40", "6.90", "42.00", "31.50", "12.75", "9.20")

# How far in from the right of what is worth keeping a price stands.
PRICE_INSET = 30.0

# How far in from the right of its box a guide's name stands.
GUIDE_INSET = 30.0

# Where the lowest line of the note in the margin sits, and how far the one above it
# stands.
NOTE_BASELINE = 8.0
NOTE_STEP = 9.0

# The two sketches: where each stands on the turned page.
SKETCHES = ((150.0, 140.0, 110.0, 155.0), (400.0, 165.0, 155.0, 110.0))

# Where the turned page sets every line from.
TURNED_LEFT = 70.0


@dataclass(frozen=True)
class Words:
    """Every word the sheet is written in, in one language.

    The prices are not among them, nor the two measurements the last page quotes: those
    are read off the sheet.
    """

    # What the list being printed is called, in the band at the head.
    title: str
    # The line under it, which says what the band does at the blade.
    band: str
    # The paragraph that says why a sheet allows for the blade twice over.
    blade: tuple[str, ...]
    # The paragraph that says what the boxes spare the reader.
    boxes: tuple[str, ...]
    # What each row of the list is, in the order they are drawn.
    rows: tuple[str, ...]
    # What stands after the name of the company at the foot.
    foot: str
    # What names each guide, in the order they are drawn: the ink, the blade, then what
    # is worth keeping.
    guides: tuple[str, ...]
    # The note in the margin of the first sheet, which shows whole.
    first_note: tuple[str, ...]
    # The note in the margin of the second, which is cropped to the blade.
    second_note: tuple[str, ...]
    # What the turned page is called.
    turned_title: str
    # What stands before the width of the sheet in the first line of the turned page.
    across_before: str
    # What stands between the width and the height.
    across_between: str
    # What stands after the height.
    across_after: str
    # The rest of that first paragraph, which says what the page adds.
    quarter: str
    # The paragraph that says what reading software does with the turn.
    reading_software: tuple[str, ...]
    # What the sheet drawn as the file holds it is called.
    in_file: str
    # What the sheet drawn as reading software shows it is called.
    on_screen: str
    # What the arrow between the two sketches says.
    turn: str


# The sheet in English.
ENGLISH = Words(
    title="Autumn list",
    band="The band above runs off the blade: no white edge is left.",
    blade=(
        "The blade never falls exactly where it is",
        "aimed. A sheet allows for that twice over:",
        "the ink runs past the cut, and nothing that",
        "matters stands within a few points of it.",
    ),
    boxes=(
        "The boxes say all three distances, so nobody",
        "has to measure the file to find out where the",
        "page really ends.",
    ),
    rows=(
        "Linen paper, ream",
        "Bookbinder's thread",
        "Corner mark punch",
        "Trim gauge, steel",
        "Bleed guide, acrylic",
        "Press blanket wash",
    ),
    foot=" — one sheet, four boxes",
    guides=("bleed", "trim", "art"),
    first_note=(
        "Page 1 states the bleed, the trim and the art, and no crop: reading software "
        "shows the whole",
        "sheet, marks and all, which is what the press wants to see.",
    ),
    second_note=(
        "Page 2 is the same drawing and the same boxes, plus a crop set to the trim: "
        "reading software",
        "shows the finished page alone. Nothing was removed — what is "
        "outside is still here.",
    ),
    turned_title="A landscape page inside an upright document",
    across_before="This page is the same upright sheet as the two before it: ",
    across_between=" points across, ",
    across_after=" up. What",
    quarter="it adds is one number saying that reading software turns it a quarter "
    "clockwise before showing it.",
    reading_software=(
        "So the words are wider than the sheet they are written on, and nobody "
        "has to be handed a",
        "second page size to say so. Reading software printing the file turns the "
        "paper rather than the",
        "drawing, and reading software showing it hands you the page the way round it "
        "was meant.",
    ),
    in_file="as it sits in the file",
    on_screen="as reading software shows it",
    turn="a quarter clockwise",
)

# The sheet in French.
FRENCH = Words(
    title="Catalogue d'automne",
    band="Le bandeau déborde la coupe : aucun liseré blanc ne reste.",
    blade=(
        "La lame ne tombe jamais exactement où on",
        "la vise. La feuille s'en garde deux fois :",
        "l'encre déborde la coupe, et rien de ce qui",
        "compte ne s'en approche à quelques points.",
    ),
    boxes=(
        "Les boîtes donnent les trois distances, donc",
        "personne n'a à mesurer le fichier pour savoir",
        "où la page finit vraiment.",
    ),
    rows=(
        "Papier de lin, rame",
        "Fil de relieur",
        "Emporte-pièce à repères",
        "Calibre de coupe, acier",
        "Guide de fond perdu, acrylique",
        "Lavant pour blanchet",
    ),
    foot=" — une feuille, quatre boîtes",
    guides=("fond perdu", "coupe", "zone utile"),
    first_note=(
        "La page 1 donne le fond perdu, la coupe et la zone utile, sans recadrage : le "
        "logiciel de lecture montre",
        "toute la feuille, repères compris, ce que l'imprimeur veut voir.",
    ),
    second_note=(
        "La page 2 est le même dessin et les mêmes boîtes, plus un recadrage sur la "
        "coupe : le logiciel de lecture",
        "montre la page finie seule. Rien n'a été retiré — ce qui est dehors "
        "y est toujours.",
    ),
    turned_title="Une page à l'italienne dans un document à la française",
    across_before="Cette page est la même feuille droite que les deux d'avant : ",
    across_between=" points de large, ",
    across_after=" de haut. Ce",
    quarter="qu'elle ajoute est un nombre qui dit qu'un logiciel de lecture la tourne "
    "d'un quart de tour horaire.",
    reading_software=(
        "Les mots sont donc plus larges que la feuille sur laquelle ils sont "
        "écrits, et personne n'a",
        "besoin d'un second format de page pour le dire. Un logiciel de lecture qui "
        "imprime le fichier tourne le",
        "papier plutôt que le dessin, et un logiciel de lecture qui l'affiche vous "
        "rend la page dans le bon sens.",
    ),
    in_file="telle qu'elle est dans le fichier",
    on_screen="telle qu'un logiciel de lecture la montre",
    turn="un quart de tour horaire",
)

# Every language the example is written in. A language is added by writing its own set
# of words and naming it here.
WORDS = {_language.ENGLISH: ENGLISH, _language.FRENCH: FRENCH}


def foot(words: Words) -> str:
    """The line of a page's foot, which names the company and what the page shows."""
    return f"{COMPANY}{words.foot}"


def how_wide(words: Words) -> str:
    """The first line of the turned page, which quotes the two measurements of the
    sheet it is drawn on rather than repeating them."""
    return (
        f"{words.across_before}{A4[0]:.0f}{words.across_between}"
        f"{A4[1]:.0f}{words.across_after}"
    )


def band():
    """The colour the band across the top is laid in."""
    return hqf_pdf.Rgb(BAND[0], BAND[1], BAND[2])


def trim():
    """Where the blade falls."""
    return hqf_pdf.Rect(TRIM[0], TRIM[1], TRIM[2], TRIM[3])


def bleed():
    """What the ink runs to."""
    return hqf_pdf.Rect(
        TRIM[0] - BLEED_OVER,
        TRIM[1] - BLEED_OVER,
        TRIM[2] + BLEED_OVER + BLEED_OVER,
        TRIM[3] + BLEED_OVER + BLEED_OVER,
    )


def art():
    """What is worth keeping of the page."""
    return hqf_pdf.Rect(
        TRIM[0] + ART_INSET,
        TRIM[1] + ART_INSET,
        TRIM[2] - ART_INSET - ART_INSET,
        TRIM[3] - ART_INSET - ART_INSET,
    )


def corner_marks(content):
    """Draw the four corner marks.

    Each pair of arms stands outside the ink and points at a corner of the
    finished page.
    """
    left, bottom, width, height = TRIM
    right = left + width
    top = bottom + height
    near = BLEED_OVER
    far = BLEED_OVER + MARK_LENGTH

    content.save_state()
    content.set_stroke(hqf_pdf.Color.gray(0.0))
    content.set_line_width(0.4)
    for x, from_x, to_x in [
        (left, left - near, left - far),
        (right, right + near, right + far),
    ]:
        for y, from_y, to_y in [
            (bottom, bottom - near, bottom - far),
            (top, top + near, top + far),
        ]:
            content.move_to(from_x, y)
            content.line_to(to_x, y)
            content.move_to(x, from_y)
            content.line_to(x, to_y)
    content.stroke()
    content.restore_state()


def listing(content, font, words, top, keep):
    """Draw the list itself, one row a line, each under a hairline."""
    right = keep.x + keep.width
    y = top
    for item, price in zip(words.rows, PRICES):
        content.save_state()
        content.set_fill(hqf_pdf.Color.gray(0.25))
        content.draw_text(font, BODY_SIZE, keep.x, y, item)
        content.draw_text(font, BODY_SIZE, right - PRICE_INSET, y, price)
        content.set_stroke(hqf_pdf.Color.gray(0.8))
        content.set_line_width(0.4)
        content.move_to(keep.x, y - 8.0)
        content.line_to(right, y - 8.0)
        content.stroke()
        content.restore_state()
        y -= 26.0


def artwork(content, font, words):
    """Draw the artwork: a band off the blade, a title, body, a list, a footer."""
    ink = bleed()
    keep = art()

    content.save_state()
    content.set_fill(hqf_pdf.Color.gray(0.96))
    content.rect(ink.x, ink.y, ink.width, ink.height)
    content.fill()
    content.set_fill(band())
    content.rect(ink.x, ink.y + ink.height - 150.0, ink.width, 150.0)
    content.fill()
    content.restore_state()

    content.save_state()
    content.set_fill(hqf_pdf.Rgb(1.0, 1.0, 1.0))
    content.draw_text(
        font, TITLE_SIZE, keep.x, keep.y + keep.height - 30.0, words.title
    )
    content.set_fill(hqf_pdf.Rgb(0.82, 0.86, 0.92))
    content.draw_text(
        font, BODY_SIZE, keep.x, keep.y + keep.height - 50.0, words.band
    )
    content.restore_state()

    content.save_state()
    content.set_fill(hqf_pdf.Color.gray(0.25))
    y = keep.y + keep.height - 130.0
    for paragraph in [words.blade, words.boxes]:
        for line in paragraph:
            content.draw_text(font, BODY_SIZE, keep.x, y, line)
            y -= BODY_STEP
        # The blank between two paragraphs is a step, not a line: an empty line drawn is
        # an empty text object written into the file.
        y -= BODY_STEP
    content.restore_state()

    listing(content, font, words, keep.y + keep.height - 290.0, keep)

    content.save_state()
    content.set_fill(hqf_pdf.Color.gray(0.5))
    content.draw_text(font, FOOT_SIZE, keep.x, keep.y, foot(words))
    content.restore_state()


def guide_boxes():
    """The box each guide is drawn around, and the colour it is drawn in, in the order
    they are named."""
    return (
        (bleed(), hqf_pdf.Rgb(0.85, 0.35, 0.20)),
        (trim(), hqf_pdf.Rgb(0.20, 0.55, 0.35)),
        (art(), hqf_pdf.Rgb(0.45, 0.35, 0.65)),
    )


def guides(content, font, words):
    """Draw the guide showing where each box falls, and name it."""
    content.save_state()
    content.set_line_width(0.4)
    for (box, color), label in zip(guide_boxes(), words.guides):
        content.set_stroke(color)
        content.rect(box.x, box.y, box.width, box.height)
        content.stroke()
        content.set_fill(color)
        content.draw_text(
            font, NOTE_SIZE, box.x + box.width - GUIDE_INSET, box.y - 8.0, label
        )
    content.restore_state()


def sheet(font, words, note):
    """The whole sheet: artwork, marks, guides, and the note in the margin."""
    content = hqf_pdf.Content()
    artwork(content, font, words)
    corner_marks(content)
    guides(content, font, words)

    content.save_state()
    content.set_fill(hqf_pdf.Color.gray(0.35))
    y = NOTE_BASELINE
    for line in reversed(note):
        content.draw_text(font, NOTE_SIZE, TRIM[0], y, line)
        y += NOTE_STEP
    content.restore_state()
    return content


def sketch(content, font, corner, caption):
    """Draw one sheet of the little diagram.

    A sheet taller than it is wide is one reading software has not turned yet, so the
    head of the drawing runs down its left edge; a wide one has been turned, and
    the head is along its top.
    """
    x, y, width, height = corner
    if height > width:
        head = (x + 8.0, y + 8.0, 12.0, height - 16.0)
    else:
        head = (x + 8.0, y + height - 20.0, width - 16.0, 12.0)

    content.save_state()
    content.set_stroke(hqf_pdf.Color.gray(0.55))
    content.set_line_width(0.8)
    content.rect(x, y, width, height)
    content.stroke()
    content.set_fill(band())
    content.rect(head[0], head[1], head[2], head[3])
    content.fill()
    content.set_fill(hqf_pdf.Color.gray(0.45))
    content.draw_text(font, CAPTION_SIZE, x, y - 14.0, caption)
    content.restore_state()


def turned(font, words):
    """A landscape page inside an upright document.

    Everything is laid out in a space as wide as the sheet is tall, and the one
    transform at the head of the stream puts that space onto the upright sheet.
    """
    across, up = A4[1], A4[0]
    content = hqf_pdf.Content()
    content.transform((0.0, 1.0, -1.0, 0.0, A4[0], 0.0))

    content.save_state()
    content.set_fill(hqf_pdf.Color.gray(0.96))
    content.rect(0.0, 0.0, across, up)
    content.fill()
    content.set_fill(band())
    content.rect(0.0, up - 90.0, across, 90.0)
    content.fill()
    content.restore_state()

    content.save_state()
    content.set_fill(hqf_pdf.Rgb(1.0, 1.0, 1.0))
    content.draw_text(
        font, TURNED_TITLE_SIZE, TURNED_LEFT, up - 55.0, words.turned_title
    )
    content.restore_state()

    content.save_state()
    content.set_fill(hqf_pdf.Color.gray(0.3))
    y = up - 130.0
    for paragraph in [(how_wide(words), words.quarter), words.reading_software]:
        for line in paragraph:
            content.draw_text(font, BODY_SIZE, TURNED_LEFT, y, line)
            y -= BODY_STEP
        # The blank between two paragraphs is a step, not a line: an empty line drawn is
        # an empty text object written into the file.
        y -= BODY_STEP
    content.restore_state()

    for corner, caption in zip(SKETCHES, (words.in_file, words.on_screen)):
        sketch(content, font, corner, caption)

    content.save_state()
    content.set_stroke(hqf_pdf.Color.gray(0.55))
    content.set_line_width(1.2)
    content.move_to(295.0, 218.0)
    content.line_to(360.0, 218.0)
    content.line_to(348.0, 226.0)
    content.move_to(360.0, 218.0)
    content.line_to(348.0, 210.0)
    content.stroke()
    content.set_fill(hqf_pdf.Color.gray(0.45))
    content.draw_text(font, CAPTION_SIZE, ARROW_LABEL_LEFT, 234.0, words.turn)
    content.restore_state()
    return content


def main() -> None:
    language = _language.from_environment()
    words = _language.words_of(WORDS, language)

    # A named file is written as named; the default one carries the language, so the two
    # languages do not overwrite each other in `tmp/`.
    out = _out.output_path(Path(_language.file_name("press.pdf", language)).stem)

    document = hqf_pdf.Document()
    document.set_license(_licence.licensed())
    font = document.add_font(hqf_pdf.Font.from_path(_out.font_path()))

    first = hqf_pdf.Page(SHEET[0], SHEET[1])
    first.set_content(sheet(font, words, words.first_note))
    first.set_bleed_box(bleed())
    first.set_trim_box(trim())
    first.set_art_box(art())
    document.add_page(first)

    second = hqf_pdf.Page(SHEET[0], SHEET[1])
    second.set_content(sheet(font, words, words.second_note))
    second.set_crop_box(trim())
    second.set_bleed_box(bleed())
    second.set_trim_box(trim())
    second.set_art_box(art())
    document.add_page(second)

    third = hqf_pdf.Page.a4()
    third.set_content(turned(font, words))
    third.set_turn(hqf_pdf.PageTurn.Right)
    document.add_page(third)

    written = document.write(out)
    print(
        f"wrote {out}: {written} bytes, one drawing on {document.page_count} "
        f"pages, each stating its own boxes"
    )


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()