📅 2025-01-07 — Session: PDF Invoice Generation and Styling Enhancements
🕒 19:55–20:20
🏷️ Labels: Pdf Generation, Css Styling, Python, Invoices, HTML
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The primary goal of this session was to enhance the styling of HTML documents and generate PDF invoices for 2025 with improved formatting and alignment.
Key Activities
- Modifications in HTML and Markdown Styling: Instructions were provided for adjusting spacing and indentation in HTML and Markdown documents, with CSS adjustments for signature presentation.
- PDF Generation for 2025 Invoices: Developed code to generate municipal invoices for 2025 using Python, pandas, and pdfkit, focusing on formatting and style.
- Aligned Invoice PDFs: Implemented a method to generate PDFs with aligned invoice details as text, avoiding table formatting issues.
- Invoice Format Adjustment: Proposed changes to ensure each invoice entry renders on a separate line for better readability.
- LaTeX Table Integration: Explored integrating LaTeX tables in PDFs using pdfkit, with sample code for conversion and rendering.
- HTML Table Rendering Solution: Developed a solution for rendering tables in PDFs using HTML instead of LaTeX for better compatibility.
- CSS Aesthetic Improvements for Tables: Suggested CSS file modifications to enhance table aesthetics, including spacing, colors, and overall design.
Achievements
- Successfully generated PDF invoices for 2025 with enhanced formatting and alignment.
- Improved the styling of HTML documents and tables, ensuring better readability and aesthetics.
Pending Tasks
- Further testing of PDF generation code to ensure compatibility across different document types.
- Additional CSS refinements for specific use cases.