Large font PDF

README.md

@@ -12,11 +12,16 @@ Generates ebooks for The Ickabog by J.K Rowling. Original text from https://www.
 
 `./generate.sh`
 
-You should have `ickabog.epub`, and `ickabog.pdf` in your directory after the script finishes.
+You should have `ickabog.epub`, and `ickabog.pdf` in your directory after the script finishes. If you have [ConTeXt](https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Main_Page) installed, you will also get a `ickabog-large.pdf` file with large fonts to be kid-friendly.
 
-## Cover
+## Known Issues
 
-Currently no cover is available. If you'd like to submit a cover for this book, please let me know. I think a kid-drawn illustration would be perfect, keeping with the theme of the contest.
+1. Currently no cover is available. If you'd like to submit a cover for this book, please let me know. I think a kid-drawn illustration would be perfect, keeping with the theme of the contest.
+2. The PDF is optimized for few pages of printing, so has a small font size by default. If you'd like a kid-friendly version, install context to get `ickabog-large.pdf` file.
+
+## Extra
+
+A list of my other EBook generation projects: https://captnemo.in/ebooks/, includes a link to other related projects as well
 
 ## License
 

generate.sh

@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ pandoc --from=html --to=pdf \
     --dpi=300 \
     -V book \
     -V lang=en-US \
-    -V geometry=margin=3cm \
-    --columns=60 \
+    -V geometry=margin=1cm \
     "$HTML_FILE"
 
 pandoc --from=html --to=epub \
@@ -36,3 +35,19 @@ pandoc --from=html --to=epub \
     --epub-metadata=metadata.xml \
     --metadata title="The Ickabog" \
     "$HTML_FILE"
+
+pandoc --from=html --to=pdf \
+    -V fontsize=18pt \
+    --output=ickabog-large.pdf \
+    --metadata title="The Ickabog" \
+    --metadata author="J.K Rowling" \
+    --pdf-engine=context \
+    -V margin-left=0cm \
+    -V margin-right=0cm \
+    -V margin-top=0cm \
+    -V margin-bottom=0cm \
+    -V geometry=margin=0cm \
+    -V lang=en-US \
+    "$HTML_FILE"
+
+