jxl-pdf

Printable Scripture-related PDFs, from industry-standard source files, via a Javascript library

Fonts you may need

• Andika: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Andika
• Cardo: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Cardo
• Charis: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Charis
• Ezra: https://software.sil.org/ezra/ (for Hebrew)
• Gentium Book Plus: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Gentium+Book+Plus (needed for page numbers)
• Noto Naskh Arabic: https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Naskh+Arabic
• Open Sans: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Open+Sans
• Roboto: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Roboto

Installation

# Install the library

npm install

Running the test projects

node scripts/make_pdf.js -c test/juxtas.json
node scripts/make_pdf.js -c test/psle.json

Script options

Usage: node scripts/make_pdfs.js [options]

-V, --version: Output the version number and exit

-h, --help: Display help and exit

-c, --config (Required): Path to the JSON config file (must exist)

-o, --output : Path to which the final PDF should be written (must not exist unless --force-overwrite flag is set)

-w, --working-dir : Path to a directory for temporary files including originated PDFs. This directory will be created recursively if necessary, and will be cleared whenever the command is run. (default: "~/.jxlpdf/working")

-r, --resources-dir : Path to a directory containing project-specific images etc.

-f, --force-overwrite: When set, will clear and overwrite an existing directory for output. Use with care! (default: false)

-v, --verbose: When set, generates console output for debugging and entertainment purposes (default: false)

-p, --page-format : One of EXECUTIVE, LETTERP, A4P, A3P, A5P, A6P, POCKETP (default: "A4P")

-F, --fonts : The set of fonts to use. Options are allGentium, gentiumOpen, allCharis, charisOpen, allOpen, allCardo, cardoOpen, allRoboto, andikaCharis, notoNaskh (default: "allGentium")

-S, --fontSizes : The set of font sizes to use. The name indicates the body font size and line spacing (in point) (format : {body font}on{line spacing}). Options are 9on10, 9on11, 10on12, 10on13, 12on14, 12on15, 14on16 (default: "9on10")

To normalize PDF with vectorized text using Ghostscript:

gs -dPDFA -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -dNOCANCEL -dNOPROMPT -dNOSAFER -dQUIET -dPDFACompatibilityPolicy=1 -dNoOutputFonts -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=out.pdf in.pdf