FLOSS/Free solution to generate PDF documents in Python?

Question

What is the easiest way to generate PDF documents with embedded fonts in Python without a commercial/restricted library?

I want to generate documents with tabular data and headers/footers. I've tried reportlab, but while powerful, it seems rather difficult to use.

Answer 1

You can create the document in html and then use WKHTMLTOPDF to convert to pdf... It is licensed GNU but it is a pretty good tool.

Answer 2

I've used PISA and been very, very happy. It uses reportlab for you.

http://www.xhtml2pdf.com/doc/pisa-en.html