This is a C-based card generator that reads names from a text file and generates a card (image) for each name using the Cairo library for rendering.

• Generate personalized cards with names from a text file.
• Customize the card background and font.
• Outputs cards as PNG files in the output directory.

The project uses the Cairo graphics library. You need to install Cairo and FreeType.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libcairo2-dev libfreetype6-dev

On macOS (using Homebrew):

brew install cairo freetype

git clone https://github.com/BaseMax/CardCGenerator.git
cd CardCGenerator

To compile the program, use the following gcc command:

gcc card_generator.c -o card_generator $(pkg-config --cflags --libs cairo)

Ensure the following files are present in the project directory:

• card_generator.c (the main C program)
• card-background.png (the background image for the card)
• names.txt (a list of names to be included on the cards, one name per line)
• arial.ttf (or any other TrueType font file)

/CardCGenerator
|-- card_generator.c
|-- card-background.png
|-- names.txt
|-- arial.ttf
|-- output/  (this directory will be created automatically to store generated cards)

Run the program to generate the cards:

./card_generator

The generated cards will be saved in the output directory.

• Background Image: You can replace card-background.png with your own background image.
• Font: Replace arial.ttf with another font if needed.
• Names: Edit names.txt to include the names you want to generate cards for.

To check the linking flags for Cairo:

$ pkg-config --cflags --libs cairo
-I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I/usr/include/uuid -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng16 -lcairo

Inspired by https://alixsep.github.io/yugilife/#/build

This project is licensed under the GPL-3.0 License.

Max Base - 2024