Calendar Year Demo

[vsquared]

The following code demonstrates the python 'calendar' library and will display a year calendar. It requires a mono spaced font and will output a higher quality display with the FX2D renderer. The image may be saved to the sketch folder by pressing the 'S' key and printed in landscape orientation.

# https://docs.python.org/3/library/calendar.html
# Requires mono spaced font
# c = column spacing
# m = months per row
# Output saved as .png : print Landscape

import calendar

_wndW = 1000
_wndH = 810

def setup():
    size(_wndW, _wndH, FX2D)
    window_title("Press 'S' to save.")
    background(255)
    calendar.setfirstweekday(6)
    fill(0)
    mono = create_font("andale-mono-bold.ttf", 16)
    text_font(mono)
    text(calendar.calendar(2025,w=2,l=1, c=4, m=4), 50, 60 )
    
def key_pressed():
    if (key == 'S'):
        save_frame('2025.png')
        print("2025.png saved to sketch folder.")

Output:

[villares]

Very cool! Even without FX2D I think we can get very high-resolution using an off-screen buffer!

import calendar

YEAR = 2025
sf = 4  # scale factor

def setup():
    global out
    size(1000, 810)
    calendar.setfirstweekday(6)
    out = create_graphics(width * sf, height * sf)
    begin_record(out)
    out.scale(sf)
    background(255)
    fill(0)
    mono = create_font("Inconsolata Bold", 18)  # downloaded from fonts.google.com
    text_font(mono)
    text(calendar.calendar(YEAR, w=2, l=1, c=4, m=4), 50, 60 )
    end_record()
    out.save(f'{YEAR}.png')

I have a page on how to export SVG/PDF, but it is in Portuguese :(
https://abav.lugaralgum.com/material-aulas/Processing-Python-py5/exportando_pdf.html

[vsquared]

Yes, that is pretty sharp output.

[vsquared]

@villares I think you left out 'Import calendar' at the top. There may be differences in fonts and operating systems, but this is what I got for output on a Mac with the 'Inconsolata Bold' font:

[villares]

Thanks! I copied in a hurry and forgot the import calendar, I'll edit! Yes, you'd need to install it: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Inconsolata

[vsquared]

you'd need to install it I had it installed, but there must be differences in fonts from system to system is the only thing I can figure. Either that or my font was not mono spaced even though it was an Inconsolata Bold font that was on my system. I don't think it would run at all if you called for a font that you didn't have installed; should throw an error message. I posted the output for posterity just to show what happens when you try to use a font which is not mono spaced.

[vsquared]

I had the font in my sketch folder so there should be no problem getting the right font. What I cannot explain is why 'Inconsolata Bold' worked for Villares on Linux but not for me on macOS. We either did not have the same font even though the names were the same or the operating systems treat the same font differently. Possibly the Inconsolata font has two different versions; one mono spaced and the other is not, don't know. As soon as I switched back to the font I used for the original post there was no problem.

[hx2A]

What I cannot explain is why 'Inconsolata Bold' worked for Villares on Linux but not for me on macOS.

Whenever I have this problem I consult Py5Font.list(). That list returns the actual names you'll need to access the fonts in Processing and py5. Sometimes those names are a bit different from what you'd see on the same computer in some other desktop application such as Inkscape.

[vsquared]

Neither of the fonts that we used are on that list and were downloaded from the web. He posted the source of his font (Inconsolata Bold) and the Inconsolata Bold font that I used almost certainly came from a different source (I don't recall where I got it; it was a long time ago and I had it lying around my system).

[villares]

Mine was globally installed on the system, so I used the font name. When getting it from a file in the sketch folder I think you have to pass the full filename...

[vsquared]

I think you have to pass the full filename...
And therein lies the problem. When I pass 'mono = create_font("Inconsolata-Bold.ttf",16)' it works as expected. I likely did not use the .ttf extension initially, since I copy/pasted your code (which did not use the hyphen or the extension). When I leave off the extension it alters the output. Below is an image of the font that I used: