PyFpdf is a library for PDF file generation for Python ported from php (see FPDF).

Main features:

• Easy to use (and easy to extend)
• Many simple examples (some unported yet)
• No external dependencies or extensions (optionally PIL for JPG support)
• No installation, no compilation or other libraries (DLL) required
• Small and compact code, useful for testing new features and teaching

This repository is a fork of the library original port by Max Pat, with the following enhancements:

• Python 2.5 support
• Basic unicode support
• Exceptions support
• Improved installers (py2exe) support
• Barcode I2of5
• JPG support
• Other minor fixes and code cleanups
• Port of Tutorial and ReferenceManual (spanish translation available)

FPDF original features (PHP, some unported yet):

• Choice of measure unit, page format and margins
• Page header and footer management
• Automatic page break
• Automatic line break and text justification
• Image support (JPEG, PNG and GIF)
• Colors
• Links
• TrueType, Type1 and encoding support
• Page compression
• Script section with many useful extensions (such as bookmarks, rotations, tables, barcodes, javascript, protection/encryption,...).
• Support for character set: Central European, Cyrillic, Greek, Baltic and Thai, Chinese, Japanese and Korean
• UTF-8 support is also available
• Extensive Tutorial and complete online documentation