README.rst

prettype

An easy to use text stylizer for your desktop!

Installation

• To install prettype, simply,

  $ pip install prettype
  

Supported unicode fonts

     Serif-Normal        PRETTYPE
      Serif-Bold         𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐘𝐏𝐄
     Serif-Italic        𝑃𝑅𝐸𝑇𝑇𝑌𝑃𝐸
   Serif-Bold-Italic     𝑷𝑹𝑬𝑻𝑻𝒀𝑷𝑬
   Sans-Serif-Normal     𝖯𝖱𝖤𝖳𝖳𝖸𝖯𝖤
    Sans-Serif-Bold      𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗬𝗣𝗘
   Sans-Serif-Italic     𝘗𝘙𝘌𝘛𝘛𝘠𝘗𝘌
Sans-Serif-Bold-Italic   𝙋𝙍𝙀𝙏𝙏𝙔𝙋𝙀
  Calligraphy-Normal     𝒫ℛℰ𝒯𝒯𝒴𝒫ℰ
   Calligraphy-Bold      𝓟𝓡𝓔𝓣𝓣𝓨𝓟𝓔
    Fraktur-Normal       𝔓ℜ𝔈𝔗𝔗𝔜𝔓𝔈
     Fraktur-Bold        𝕻𝕽𝕰𝕿𝕿𝖄𝕻𝕰
       Monospace         𝙿𝚁𝙴𝚃𝚃𝚈𝙿𝙴
     Double-Struck       ℙℝ𝔼𝕋𝕋𝕐ℙ𝔼
    Inverse-Squared      🅿🆁🅴🆃🆃🆈🅿🅴
        Squared          🄿🅁🄴🅃🅃🅈🄿🄴
    Inverse-Circled      🅟🅡🅔🅣🅣🅨🅟🅔
        Circled          ⓅⓇⒺⓉⓉⓎⓅⒺ
     Paranthesized       ⒫⒭⒠⒯⒯⒴⒫⒠

Usage

• To run prettype, open terminal and run this command:

  $ prettype
  

Note: Leave this terminal open as long as you want to use prettype.

• To stylize any text,

  • select it
  • press the key binding (ctrl+space by default) to open font selector
  • select the font you want to stylize your text with using the GUI
  • the stylized text gets copied to your clipboard
  • press ctrl+v to paste the stylized text wherever you want!

• To close prettype, just press the exit key (esc by default).

• CLI usage to configure key binding and exit key:

  $ prettype [-h] [-b key1 key2] [-e key]
  

  You can always use $ prettype -h command to open this help message:

  optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -b key1 key2, --binding key1 key2
                      Set a key binding for triggering prettype font
                      selector. Example: $ prettype -b ctrl space
  -e key, --exit_key key
                      Specify a key which stops the keyboard listener, when
                      pressed. Example: $ prettype -e esc