Uses pictogrid to generate a giant Daily Drop Cap poster.

dropcap.py

"""Generates a giant Daily Drop Cap poster.  Get the images into the dropcap/
subdir with something like:

    curl -O http://jhische.com/dailydropcap/[A-Z]-[1-12].jpg

Depends on pictogrid and PIL.
"""

import glob
import re
import logging

import pictogrid

logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.INFO)

def sort(path):
    return int(re.search(r'(\d+)', path).group(1))

imgs = sorted(glob.glob('dropcap/*.jpg'), key=sort)

pictogrid.pictogrid(imgs, 26, 575, 480, padding=200, outpath='dropcap.jpg')