Callirhoe

Classic layout

The 'classic' layout is the default layout. So let's start by taking a look at the default calendar generated:

$ callirhoe default.pdf

Click on this link to get the generated file, here is a screenshot of it:

Same as above, but in landscape mode (3x4). To me, it looks better, for printing. But for screen viewing, you will have to rotate the page in your pdf viewer.

$ callirhoe --landscape default-landscape.pdf

To create a rotated pdf appropriate for screen viewing, you have to specify a pseudo-a4 page with width > height. The shortcut "a4w" becomes handy (see the program arguments documentation for more information).

$ callirhoe --paper=a4w --rows=3 default-rot.pdf

How about rainbow color style and sloppy geometry?

$ callirhoe --paper=a4w --rows=3 -s rainbow -g sloppy default-rot-sloppy.pdf

Curious about plain black & white style?

$ callirhoe --paper=a4w --rows=3 -s bw default-bw.pdf

Bars layout

Now add option -t bars to the examples above, to enable "bars" layout. Bars is using by default 2 rows.

$ callirhoe -t bars bars.pdf

Or rotated (landscape):

$ callirhoe --paper=a4w -t bars --rows=1 bars-rot.pdf

Maybe disable shadows and try smaller padding. And let's use the rainbow color style:

$ callirhoe --paper=a4w -t bars --rows=1 --padding=0.5 --no-shadow -s rainbow bars-rot-pad.pdf

Or just use plain bw style:

$ callirhoe --paper=a4w -t bars --rows=1 -s bw bars-bw.pdf

Sparse layout

Sparse layout is similar to bars layout but gives a more flat look and may also consume more space. Note that you should use the bw_sparse style with this layout.

$ callirhoe --paper=a4w -t sparse -s bw_sparse --cols=6 sparse-rot.pdf

Since we ask for 6 months/page, we get a 2-page pdf file for the whole year: