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 pyfpdf: FPDF for Python
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+> [!IMPORTANT] 
+> This project was compatible with legacy versions of Python and is discontinued. If your are looking for a modern version under active development, please visit [fpdf2](https://github.com/py-pdf/fpdf2).
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+
 PyFPDF is a library for PDF document generation under Python, ported from PHP
 (see [FPDF][1]: "Free"-PDF, a well-known PDFlib-extension replacement with many
 examples, scripts and derivatives).