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I recently started using Nix to build my PDF presentation slides<\/a> that I create with rst2pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n I removed the custom build script that was generating the PDF files and moved that code into a Nix derivation.<\/p>\n\n Now I can run As well as the files specific to each presentation, I also have a derivation for shared assets that apply to all talks - i.e. the stylesheets and fonts that are embedded within the PDF.<\/p>\n\n The font files were stored in the repository but I wanted to remove them and use the font files available in nixpkgs.<\/p>\n\n After some small changes, I was able to do it<\/a> and remove the font files from my repository.<\/p>\n\n The Inter font is available in nixpkgs, but it downloads an I'm happy that I was able to achieve this, as my repository is leaner and I'm continuing to find new and interesting uses for Nix in my workflows.<\/p>\n\n ",
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"processed": "\n I recently started using Nix to build my PDF presentation slides<\/a> that I create with rst2pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n I removed the custom build script that was generating the PDF files and moved that code into a Nix derivation.<\/p>\n\n Now I can run As well as the files specific to each presentation, I also have a derivation for shared assets that apply to all talks - i.e. the stylesheets and fonts that are embedded within the PDF.<\/p>\n\n The font files were stored in the repository but I wanted to remove them and use the font files available in nixpkgs.<\/p>\n\nnix build .#test-driven-drupal<\/code> and it will generate the slides for that talk.<\/p>\n\n
InterVariable.ttf<\/code> font that rst2pdf didn't know how to change the font weight for, so I made my own derivation of the static Inter font based on the releases from GitHub.<\/p>\n\n
nix build .#test-driven-drupal<\/code> and it will generate the slides for that talk.<\/p>\n\n