Gutenberg
Dev tools
css framework
SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
5 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score +0.11.
Execution: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for printing; a good layout even on screen
From 3 comments
It makes a pretty good layout even on screen: http://jsbin.com/relaranujo/2
jehna1 on HNThat's nice. I find that printing and reviewing my own blog articles helps a lot in catching mistakes etc. I will see if I can integrate that into my website.
wkoszek on HNHey this is great. I'm going to add this to the print preview mode in Collate! http://collatenotes.com
patleeman on HN
Objections
Printing a modern style gave a blank page because fonts were not loaded
From 2 comments
When trying to print the modern style, I'm only getting a blank page with lines: https://imgur.com/a/MoGnf
laurent123456 on HNSame here.
vntok on HN
Name is not a great choice
From 1 comment
Not a great name choice.
jwilk on HN
Requests
Add headers and footers using paged media
From 1 comment
If you could implement headers and footers into this using paged media and provide examples that would be golden. I could be missing where that was done.…
hermiti on HN
Add a LICENSE file
From 1 comment
A LICENSE file, please? (Though package.json does declare MIT; a LICENSE file should also allow GitHub to pick it up.)
deathanatos on HN
Generalize into a browser extension to restyle pages
From 2 comments
Awesome idea. I wonder if this could be generalized to a chrome extension, to override styles on Wikipedia or whatever.
joshwcomeau on HNPlease!!!! Unprintable web pages abound. They make my blood boil.
dbcurtis on HN
Questions
Does it handle word breaks and justified alignment like LaTeX?
From 1 comment
Where are word breaks (word splitting if not fit for page), justify alignment? Variable spaces between letters? Is this possible with CSS? I'm trying to typeset a long text on…
hoschicz on HN
Is it related to matejlatin/Gutenberg?
From 1 comment
Is there any relation to https://github.com/matejlatin/Gutenberg?
teekno on HN
Alternatives named
Prince XML and DocRaptor
From 3 comments
The problem with those, the last time i checked, was that most html to pdf solutions don't support them. The only one I could find was Prince ( https://www.princexml.com/ ) ,…
Roritharr on HNCheckout https://docraptor.com/ - it's great - is commercial but affordable.
addedlovely on HNDocraptor is just the SaaS version of PrinceXML, the underlying software is the same. Much more affordable for small jobs though!
Alex3917 on HN
wkhtmltopdf, PhantomJS, WeasyPrint
From 3 comments
I'm pretty sure that wkhtmltopdf supported these too, last time I used it, though it's been quite a while now.
matthewmacleod on HNPhantomJS supports it too (either through `html-pdf` or manually).
haar on HNweasyprint supports it
dom96 on HN