Hello,
I'm looking for a library that can do the following:
* Parse a simple structured text file (XML or HTML etc.)
* Render its output to an image
* I would like to give the maximum width of the image (but not the
minimum)
* I would like to use my custom TrueType fonts, and some basic
formatting: colors, underline, numbered and bulleted lists
* I would like to embed some PNG (transparent) images, and align
them inside the text
* The library should be able to calculate the size of the image
before rendering
* The library should be able to render the image into memory
* It should be reasonably fast
* It should be independent of windowing toolkits (PIL is okay)
Why I need this: create widgets in GUI applications, for example:
* A label that can display formatted text
* A new grid cell renderer that can display small images and text as
well
* Hint window (tooltip) that has formatted text and images
* Create automatic signatures for e-mails (not GUI related)
* etc
I tried to implement something similar in pure Python, PyXRP and PIL. I
could do it, but either it was too slow (10 frames per sec on 300x300
final size) or consumed too much memory.
Do you know any alternative?
Thanks,
Laszlo
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