Examples

This repository contains examples for the speedata Publisher, an OpenSource database publishing system (create a PDF from XML data).

Table of contents

• Showcase
  • Accessibility · Newspaper layout · Magazine layout · Image shape · TEI text typesetting · Tables · Typesetting on a grid · Typography example · SVG chart inclusion
• Introduction examples
  • Hello world · Simple table · ProcessNode · ForAll · Text markup sources · Mail merge · Table of contents · Running sums · Text overflow · Dictionary headings
• Technical examples
  • Base64 images · Copy fitting · Rotate · Wrap around objects · Image clipping · CSV reader · JSON reader · XLSX reader · Table splitting · Table rotation · Single pass TOC · Sorting data · Mixed text alignment · ZUGFeRD invoices
• MetaPost examples
  • Page margin · MetaPost Image
• Language examples
  • Bengali · Chinese · Language mix
• User contributed examples
  • Paragraphs with margin markings
• Comparison of documents
  • Frog King

Showcase

Description | Preview ------------ | ------------- Accessibility | <a href="accessibility"><img src="accessibility/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> Newspaper layout | <a href="news"><img src="news/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> Magazine layout | <a href="magazine"><img src="magazine/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> Image shape | <a href="imageshape"><img src="imageshape/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> TEI text typesetting | <a href="shakespeare"><img src="shakespeare/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> Tables | <a href="tables"><img src="tables/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> Typesetting on a grid | <a href="grid"><img src="grid/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> Typography example | <a href="aesopgnatbull"><img src="aesopgnatbull/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> SVG chart inclusion | <a href="charts"><img src="charts/firstpage.png" width="200"></a>

Introduction examples

Description | Preview ------------ | ------------- The Hello world example | <a href="introduction/helloworld"><img src="introduction/helloworld/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> A very simple table | <a href="introduction/simpletable"><img src="introduction/simpletable/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> Data processing with ProcessNode | <a href="introduction/dataprocessing1"><img src="introduction/dataprocessing1/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> Data processing with ForAll | <a href="introduction/dataprocessing2"><img src="introduction/dataprocessing2/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> Different sources of text markup | <a href="introduction/datasource"><img src="introduction/datasource/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> Lot's of pages | <a href="introduction/mailmerge"><img src="introduction/mailmerge/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> Table of contents example | <a href="introduction/planets"><img src="introduction/planets/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> Running sums in a table | <a href="introduction/runningsum"><img src="introduction/runningsum/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> Text overflow in a text frame | <a href="introduction/textframe"><img src="introduction/textframe/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> Dictionary like headings | <a href="introduction/dictionary"><img src="introduction/dictionary/firstpage.png" width="200"></a>

Technical examples

Description | Preview ------------ | ------------- Base 64 encoded images | <a href="technical/base64decode"><img src="technical/base64decode/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> Copy fitting with groups | <a href="technical/fontshrinking"><img src="technical/fontshrinking/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> Effect of rotate and origin-x/y | <a href="technical/rotating"><img src="technical/rotating/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> Text-wrapping around objects | <a href="technical/wraparoundobjects"><img src="technical/wraparoundobjects/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> Image size and clipping | <a href="technical/images"><img src="technical/images/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> A generic CSV to XML converter | <a href="technical/csvreader"><img src="technical/csvreader/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> Database publishing with JSON | <a href="technical/jsonreader"><img src="technical/jsonreader/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> Create PDF from Excel files | <a href="technical/xlsxreader"><img src="technical/xlsxreader/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> Manual table splitting | <a href="technical/tablebuilding"><img src="technical/tablebuilding/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> Fun with rotation in tables | <a href="technical/tablerotation"><img src="technical/tablerotation/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> Single pass table of contents | <a href="technical/singlepasstoc"><img src="technical/singlepasstoc/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> How to sort data | <a href="technical/index"><img src="technical/index/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> Alignment of RTL and LTR text | <a href="technical/mixedtextalignment"><img src="technical/mixedtextalignment/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> Creating ZUGFeRD invoices | <a href="technical/ZUGFeRD"><img src="technical/ZUGFeRD/firstpage.png" width="200"></a>

MetaPost examples

Description | Preview ------------ | ------------- Page margin | <a href="metapost/pagemargin"><img src="metapost/pagemargin/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> MetaPost Image | <a href="metapost/mpimage"><img src="metapost/mpimage/firstpage.png" width="200"></a>

Language examples

These require speedata Publisher version 4.1 and above.

Description | Preview ------------ | ------------- Bengali | <a href="languages/bengali"><img src="languages/bengali/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> Chinese (Simplified Chinese) | <a href="languages/chinese-sc"><img src="languages/chinese-sc/firstpage.png" width="200"></a> Language mix | <a href="languages/mix"><img src="languages/mix/firstpage.png" width="200"></a>

User contributed examples

Description | Preview ------------ | ------------- Paragraphs with margin markings | <a href="user/cicorione"><img src="user/cicorione/firstpage.png" width="200"></a>

Comparison of documents

Comparison of speedata, LaTeX and Apache FOP (currently only one example).

Description | Preview ------------ | ------------- Comparison of documents | <a href="compare/frogking"><img src="compare/frogking/publisher/firstpage.png" width="200"></a>