2023-05-15 21:40:53 -03:00
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# Tapita: a book cover generator
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This is of very limited usefulness for the average person, but
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if you have ever needed to generate book covers for a few
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thousand files out of book metadata, then this may be for you!
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2023-05-15 21:47:50 -03:00
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The image it generates has some colorful "art" thanks to [Dicebear](https://dicebear.com)
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which, again, will not change unless you change the title or subtitle
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of the book.
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This is based off code from [Tenprintcover](https://github.com/mgiraldo/tenprintcover-py)
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although I don't think anything survives of the original code, which has been ported
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to Pillow and de-c64-fied.
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2023-05-15 21:46:57 -03:00
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Usage:
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```sh
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$ python -m tapita --help
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Usage: python -m tapita [OPTIONS]
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Options:
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-t, --title <title> Book title
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-s, --subtitle <subtitle> Book subtitle
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-a, --author <author> Book author
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-o, --output <filename> Output file (- for stdout)
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--help Show this message and exit.
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```
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2023-05-15 21:40:53 -03:00
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Example usage:
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```sh
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$ python -m tapita -t "Dunes" -s "Oh, worms!" -a "Frank Herbert (has no sons)" -o cover.jpg
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```
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Which produces this image:
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There are plentiful opportunities for customization, which I will
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probably not do anything about.
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TODO: packaging and such.
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