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Using Python Virtual Environments

Assuming our virtual environments are stored in ~/.venv:

export VENV="${HOME}/.venv"

Create a new virtual environment, in the case 'drawbot':

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Install Drawbot from GitHub

This is a set of Python I use many times I wish to make an animation or multipage doc with Drawbot, but code in my preferred editor (ie: Nova) rather than in the Drawbot app.

First, install DrawBot as a module:

pip install git+https://github.com/typemytype/drawbot

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Transform an MP4 file to its H.264 codec using FFmpeg

You can do this will the following command:

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v libx264 -crf 23 -preset medium -c:a aac -b:a 128k output.mp4

This command uses the following syntax:

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How to subset a variable font

pyftsubset InterVariable.ttf --unicodes="U+0020-007F, U+00A0-00FF, U+2000-206F, U+2100-214F" --layout-features='*' --flavor="woff2" --output-file="regular.woff2"

https://clagnut.com/blog/2418 https://www.reddit.com/r/typography/comments/1gjeyuo/subsetting_google_variablework_sansttf_font_file/

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ePub Shell Commands

To unzip the epub, move the ePub to a folder, cd to it then simply use the following Terminal command(s):

unzip MyEbook.epub

To zip up an epub: