# Mudbrick
[API Documentation](https://hexdocs.pm/mudbrick/Mudbrick.html)
Early-stages PDF generator, beelining for:
- PDF 2.0 support.
- In-process, pure functional approach.
- OpenType support.
- Special characters and ligatures, like ₛᵤ₆ₛ꜀ᵣᵢₚₜₛ for chemical compounds etc.
Currently working:
- OpenType fonts with ligatures, special characters and automatic kerning.
- Text positioning.
- Right and centre alignment.
- Coloured text.
- JPEG images.
- Compression.
- Underline with colour and thickness options.
- Basic line drawing.
To do:
- Other image formats.
- Font subsetting.
- Vector graphics.
- Strikethrough.
- Text highlight.
## Installation
```elixir
def deps do
[
{:mudbrick, "~> 0.0"}
]
end
```
## What's the deal with the name?
It's a play on Adobe, which means mudbrick in Spanish.
## See also
- [elixir-pdf](https://github.com/andrewtimberlake/elixir-pdf), a more mature
library, supporting AFM instead of OTF fonts, but only the base
WinAnsiEncoding and no special characters. Uses a GenServer for state.
- [erlguten](https://github.com/hwatkins/erlguten), an antiquated Erlang
PDF generator.
- [opentype-elixir](https://github.com/jbowtie/opentype-elixir), used for OTF
parsing.
- [ex_image_info](https://github.com/Group4Layers/ex_image_info), used for
image metadata parsing.