# encoding: utf-8 # # This is the most important concept you need to learn about Prawn: # # PDF documents have the origin [0,0] at the bottom-left corner of # the page. # # A bounding box is a structure which provides boundaries for inserting content. # A bounding box also has the property of relocating the origin to its relative # bottom-left corner. However, be aware that the location specified when # creating a bounding box is its top-left corner, not bottom-left (hence the # [100, 300] coordinates below). # # Even if you never create a bounding box explictly, each document already comes # with one called the margin box. This initial bounding box is the one # responsible for the document margins. # # So practically speaking the origin of a page on a default generated document # isn't the absolute bottom left corner but the bottom left corner of the margin # box. # # The following snippet strokes a circle on the margin box origin. Then strokes # the boundaries of a bounding box and a circle on its origin. # require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), %w[.. example_helper])) filename = File.basename(__FILE__).gsub('.rb', '.pdf') Prawn::ManualBuilder::Example.generate(filename) do stroke_axis stroke_circle [0, 0], 10 bounding_box([100, 300], :width => 300, :height => 200) do stroke_bounds stroke_circle [0, 0], 10 end end