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diff --git a/badges/Reader.py b/badges/Reader.py
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+# Copyright by JK 2018
+# License: MIT
+# https://www.reportlab.com/docs/reportlab-userguide.pdf
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""
+This file and class contains helper methods to paint the resulting PDF
+"""
+
+import sys
+import os.path
+import re
+from PIL import Image
+from reportlab.pdfgen import canvas
+from reportlab.lib.units import inch, cm
+from reportlab.pdfbase import pdfmetrics
+from reportlab.pdfbase.ttfonts import TTFont
+
+def loadData():
+  people = []
+  with open("attendees.txt", 'r') as f:
+    for p in f:
+      m = re.match("(.*)\((.*)\)", p)
+      if m:
+        people.append((m.group(1), m.group(2)))
+  return people
+
+
+class PDFDoc():
+  def __init__(self, name, width, height):
+    self.dim = (width*cm, height*cm)
+    self.c = canvas.Canvas(name + '.pdf', pagesize=self.dim)
+
+  def newpage(self):
+    self.c.showPage()
+
+  def save(self):
+    self.c.showPage()
+    self.c.save()
+
+  def subImage(self, x, y, width, height):
+    return SubImage(self, self.c, x, y, width, height)
+
+  def findImg(self, fileimg):
+    fileimg = fileimg.replace(" ", "-").lower()
+    for typ in ["png", "jpg"]:
+      fname = fileimg + "." + typ
+      if os.path.isfile(fname):
+        return fname
+    return None
+
+class SubImage():
+  def __init__(self, doc, c, x, y, width, height):
+    self.doc = doc
+    self.c = c
+    self.dim = (width*cm, height*cm)
+    self.off = (x*cm, y*cm)
+
+  def addKeyVal(self, value, posx, posy, size=0.1, font= "Helvetica", color=(0,0,0)):
+    #relative font size
+    self.c.setFont(font, self.dim[1] * size)
+    self.c.setStrokeColorRGB(*color)
+    self.c.setFillColorRGB(*color)
+    value = value.strip().split("\n")
+    for l in value:
+      self.c.drawString(self.dim[0] * posx  + self.off[0], self.dim[1] * posy + self.off[1], l)
+      posy -= size*1.1
+    return posy
+
+  def addKeyValCenter(self, value, posx, posy, size=0.1, font= "Helvetica", color=(0,0,0)):
+    #relative font size
+    self.c.setFont(font, self.dim[1] * size)
+    self.c.setStrokeColorRGB(*color)
+    self.c.setFillColorRGB(*color)
+    value = value.strip().split("\n")
+    for l in value:
+      self.c.drawCentredString(self.dim[0] * posx  + self.off[0], self.dim[1] * posy + self.off[1], l)
+      posy -= size*1.1
+    return posy
+
+  def drawRect(self, posx, posy, width, height, color=(0,0,0)):
+    self.c.setFillColorRGB(*color)
+    self.c.rect(posx*self.dim[0]+ self.off[0], posy*self.dim[1]+ self.off[1], width*self.dim[0], height*self.dim[1], fill=1, stroke=0)
+
+  def drawRectBorder(self, posx, posy, width, height, color=(0,0,0)):
+    self.c.setStrokeColorRGB(*color)
+    self.c.rect(posx*self.dim[0]+ self.off[0], posy*self.dim[1]+ self.off[1], width*self.dim[0], height*self.dim[1], fill=0, stroke=1)
+
+  def addImg(self, fileimg, posx, posy, height):
+    fname = self.doc.findImg(fileimg)
+    if fname != None:
+        im = Image.open(fname)
+        (w, h) = im.size
+        scale = h / (self.dim[1] * height)
+        self.c.drawImage(fname, posx*self.dim[0] + self.off[0], posy*self.dim[1]+ self.off[1], w/scale, height*self.dim[1])
+        return True
+    return False
diff --git a/badges/create-badges.py b/badges/create-badges.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import sys
+import traceback
+from Reader import *
+
+# Copyright by JK 2018
+# License: MIT
+# https://www.reportlab.com/docs/reportlab-userguide.pdf
+
+if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+  event = sys.argv[1]
+else:
+  event = "Use ARG1 as event"
+
+data = loadData()
+
+doc = PDFDoc("badges-A4", 21, 29.7)
+c = 0
+
+for p in data:
+  try:
+    # check for image
+    if c % 8 == 0:
+      offset_x = 0.5
+    elif c % 8 == 4:
+      offset_x = 9.5
+
+    if c % 4 == 0:
+      offset_y = 1
+    else:
+      offset_y += 6
+
+    img = doc.subImage(offset_x, offset_y , 9, 6)
+    img.addImg("../assets/background", 0, 0, 0.5)
+
+    img.addImg("../assets/reading-logo", 0.1, 0.8, 0.1)
+    img.addKeyVal("Computer Science", 0.37, 0.86, size=0.05, color=(0,0.2,0), font="Helvetica")
+    img.addImg("logo", 0.7, 0.8, 0.1)
+
+    img.drawRectBorder(0, 0, 1, 1)
+    img.addKeyValCenter(p[0], 0.5, 0.6, font="Helvetica")
+    img.addKeyValCenter(p[1], 0.5, 0.47, size=0.07, font="Helvetica-Oblique")
+
+    img.addKeyValCenter(event, 0.5, 0.2, size=0.07, font="Helvetica-Oblique")
+
+    if c % 8 == 7:
+      doc.newpage()
+    c+=1
+  except:
+    print("Unexpected error when processing %s" %(p))
+    traceback.print_exc()
+
+doc.save()
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