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fpdf2 is a minimalist PDF creation library for Python:

from fpdf import FPDF

document = FPDF()
document.add_page()
document.set_font('helvetica', size=12)
document.cell(txt="hello world")
document.output("hello_world.pdf")

It is a fork and the successor of PyFPDF. Compared with other PDF libraries, fpdf2 is simple, small and versatile, with advanced capabilities, and is easy to learn, extend and maintain.

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pip install fpdf2

To get the latest development version:

# Linux only:
sudo apt-get install libjpeg-dev libpython-dev zlib1g-dev # libpython3.3-dev #(if necessary)

# Linux and Windows:
git clone https://github.com/PyFPDF/fpdf2.git
cd fpdf2
python setup.py install

• Python 3.6+ support
• Unicode (UTF-8) TrueType font subset embedding
• Internal/External Links
• PNG, GIF and JPG support (including transparency and alpha channel)
• Shape, Line Drawing
• Generate Code 39 & Interleaved 2 of 5 barcodes
• Cell / multi-cell / plaintext writing, automatic page breaks
• Basic conversion from HTML to PDF
• Images & links alternative descriptions
• Table of contents & document outline
• Optional basic Markdown-like styling: **bold**, __italics__, --underlined--
• Clean error handling through exceptions
• Only one dependency so far: Pillow
• Unit tests with qpdf-based PDF diffing

We validate all our PDF samples using 3 different checkers:

• Documentation Home
• Tutorial (Spanish translation available)
• Release notes: CHANGELOG.md

You can also have a look at the tests/, they're great usage examples!

Please check the documentation page dedicated to development.

This library was only possible thanks to the dedication of the following people: CONTRIBUTORS.md.

For alternatives, check out this detailed list of PDF-related Python libs by Patrick Maupin. There is also pikepdf, PyFPDF2 & WeasyPrint.