From 236353b5554e5b445d111627bc960e5439a6dcfb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roberto Alsina Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 21:40:53 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Added README --- README.md | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a97251b --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +# Tapita: a book cover generator + +This is of very limited usefulness for the average person, but +if you have ever needed to generate book covers for a few +thousand files out of book metadata, then this may be for you! + +The image it generates has some colorful "art" thanks to dicebear.com +which, again, will not change unless you change the title or subtitle +of the book. + +This is based off code from [Tenprintcover](https://github.com/mgiraldo/tenprintcover-py) +although I don't think anything survives of the original code, which has been ported +to Pillow and de-c64-fied. + +Example usage: + +```sh +$ python -m tapita -t "Dunes" -s "Oh, worms!" -a "Frank Herbert (has no sons)" -o cover.jpg +``` +Which produces this image: + +![A book cover](https://i.imgur.com/UcjdkkN.jpg) + +There are plentiful opportunities for customization, which I will +probably not do anything about. + +TODO: packaging and such.