XHTML2PDF is a converter for HTML/XHTML and CSS to PDF and a Python package.
Features
- Translates HTML and CSS input into PDF files
- Is written pure Python and therefore platform independent
- Supports document specifics like columns, headers, footers, page numbers, custom Postscript and TrueType fonts, etc.
- Best support for frameworks like Django, Turbogears, CherryPy, Pylons, WSGI
- Simple integration into Python programms
- Also available as stand alone command line tool for Windows, MacOS X and Linux
Best practice
FLOSS Manuals uses XHTML2PDF to create manuals for free and open source software. A very nice example of their work is the manual for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project.
