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Goal

Note: 336

My daughter Estelle who loves rainbow, unicorn, cats, dark pink, purple, light blue. Teacher said she is good at geometry. I know she is good at reading maps. She is very creative, gets bored easily. She is kind. She has a great sense of humor but just like other kindergartener she is easily frustrated when she cannot achieve something. She currently is working through Level A sight words at school.

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She right now only know the following words from this list by heart: I, the, see, like, a, to, you. But she needs to master them very very quickly - like within the next week - so that she can pass the quiz and win a price from teachers. A weekend is coming up, I'd like to use more memory techniques to help her thrive at the test.

Prompt: 57

She previous had an introduction of the memory palace technique but she never mastered it. We should get started by thinking what memory technique that is suitable for her that we can practice at home.

Assistant: 382

What a wonderful goal! With Estelle's creativity, love of colorful things, and map-reading skills, there are some fun techniques that might work better than a traditional memory palace for her age.

Here are a few options to consider:

  1. Story Chain – Create silly, vivid stories using the sight words, featuring unicorns, cats, and rainbows. The sillier the better for memory!

  2. Treasure Map Hunt – Since she's great with maps, you could draw a simple map of your home and place word cards at different locations. She physically walks to each spot to "find" and read the word.

  3. Picture-Word Cards – Draw a memorable image on each word card using her favorite colors and characters (e.g., a purple cat sitting on the word "has").

  4. Movement/Acting – Assign a fun action to each word. She does the action while saying the word.

Which of these sounds like something Estelle would enjoy? Or would you like me to explain any of them in more detail? Knowing her personality, I'd lean toward either the Treasure Map Hunt (since she loves maps) or the Story Chain (since she's creative and likes humor), but you know her best!

Code: 12 

!unzip kg_red_hands.zip

Output: 82 

Archive:  kg_red_hands.zip
replace KGFonts-TOU.txt? [y]es, [n]o, [A]ll, [N]one, [r]ename: ^C

Code: 3 

!ls

Output: 250 

 20251205T192019-unicorn.png  "Eric's Book.ipynb"	 arXiv-1102.1889v2.gz
'Algebraic Relations'	       KGFonts-TOU.txt		 book
'Algebraic Relations.ipynb'    KGRedHands.ttf		 kg_red_hands.zip
 AoC2025		       KGRedHandsOutline.ttf	 solveit_settings.json
 Archive		      'Random Questions.ipynb'	 test_rpint.pdf
'Emacs Questions.ipynb'       'Sight Words.ipynb'	 uploads

Prompt: 63

Let's design the "Treasure Map Hunt" idea. First I want to make large color print cards using the KGRedHandsOutline fonts - this way she can color them in when she finds the words.

Assistant: 373

Great idea! The coloring element will make it even more engaging and give her ownership of the words.

Let's create those printable word cards with the KGRedHandsOutline font. Here's what I'm thinking:

  • Large, bold text in outline style so she can color them in
  • Each word on its own card
  • Use her favorite colors (rainbow, dark pink, purple, light blue) for borders or accents
  • Big enough to be exciting to find and easy to read

The words she needs to learn are: can, we, what, my, of, said, look, he, big, she, for, put, jump, little, go, saw, come, because, play, no, with, want, has, have, are, here, two, and, me, one, this

Should I create:

  1. One card per word (31 cards total)?
  2. What size would work best for printing - like 4 cards per page, or 1 big card per page?
  3. Do you want any decorative elements (like a small unicorn or cat silhouette), or keep them simple so she can add her own drawings?

Let me know your preferences and I'll generate them for you!

Note: 3

Words

Prompt: 45

One card per word, 6 cards per letter size page, decorate it with outlines of unicorn and rainbows that she can color them in.

Assistant: 231

Perfect! Let me show you how to start creating these cards. Since you want 6 cards per page with the KGRedHandsOutline font, plus unicorn and rainbow outlines, here's the approach:

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import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib.patches import Circle, Rectangle
import matplotlib.font_manager as fm

This imports what we need. The font file is KGRedHandsOutline.ttf and we'll use matplotlib to create the cards.

Would you like me to write the full code to generate all the cards, or would you prefer to work through it step by step? Since this is a bit involved (positioning text, adding decorative elements, creating a grid layout), I'm happy to create the complete code for you if that would be helpful!

Code: 213 () 

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib.patches import Circle, Rectangle
import matplotlib.font_manager as fm

# Words she needs to learn (excluding the ones she already knows)
words_to_learn = [
    'can', 'we', 'what', 'my', 'of', 'said',
    'look', 'he', 'big', 'she', 'for', 'put',
    'jump', 'little', 'go', 'saw', 'come', 'because',
    'play', 'no', 'with', 'want', 'has', 'have',
    'are', 'here', 'two', 'and', 'me', 'one', 'this'
]

Prompt: 31

Need to load in the fonts, then make a simple card with the outline of words on it.

Assistant: 246

Let's load the font and create a simple test card first:

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# Load the font
font_path = 'KGRedHandsOutline.ttf'
prop = fm.FontProperties(fname=font_path)

Now let's create one simple card to see how it looks:

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fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(4, 3))
ax.text(0.5, 0.5, 'can', fontproperties=prop, fontsize=80, 
        ha='center', va='center')
ax.set_xlim(0, 1)
ax.set_ylim(0, 1)
ax.axis('off')
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()

Try running these to see if the font loads correctly and what a basic card looks like. Then we can add the unicorn and rainbow decorations!

Code: 37 

# Load the font
font_path = 'KGRedHandsOutline.ttf'
prop = fm.FontProperties(fname=font_path)

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w = words_to_learn[0]
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(4, 3))
ax.text(0.5, 0.5, 'can', fontproperties=prop, fontsize=80, 
        ha='center', va='center')
ax.set_xlim(0, 1)
ax.set_ylim(0, 1)
ax.axis('off')
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()

Output: 96

Prompt: 43

Wrap the word into a function. Now make decorators. I'd like to prompt nanobanana through replicate library to generate outlines of unicorn, cat outlines

Assistant: 271

Good idea! Let's wrap the word display in a function first:

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def draw_word(ax, word, x=0.5, y=0.5, fontsize=80):
    ax.text(x, y, word, fontproperties=prop, fontsize=fontsize, 
            ha='center', va='center')

Now for the decorations using replicate's nanobanana. You'll need to set up replicate and generate simple line art/coloring book style images. Here's how to start:

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import replicate

# Generate a simple unicorn outline for coloring
prompt = "simple unicorn outline, coloring book style, black and white line art, no shading"

Would you like me to write the complete code to generate the unicorn and cat outlines using replicate, or would you prefer to try it yourself first? Also, do you already have your replicate API token set up?

Code: 163 

def draw_word(ax, word, x=0.5, y=0.5, fontsize=80):
    ax.text(x, y, word, fontproperties=prop, fontsize=fontsize, 
            ha='center', va='center')

w = words_to_learn[0]
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(4, 3))
draw_word(ax, w)
ax.set_xlim(0, 1)
ax.set_ylim(0, 1)
ax.axis('off')
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()

Output: 96

Note: 4

Decorator

Code: 222 

import replicate

# Generate a simple unicorn outline for coloring
prompt = "simple unicorn outline, coloring book style, black and white line art, no shading"

output = replicate.run(
    "google/nano-banana-pro",
    input={
        "prompt": prompt,
        "resolution": "2K",
        "image_input": [],
        "aspect_ratio": "4:3",
        "output_format": "png",
        "safety_filter_level": "block_only_high"
    }
)

# To access the file URL:
print(output.url())
#=> "http://example.com"

# To write the file to disk:
with open("my-image.png", "wb") as file:
    file.write(output.read())

Code: 4 

dir(output)

Prompt: 18

Instead of output.read(), how to just display it in notebook

Assistant: 85

The output.url is a property, not a method. You can display it directly in the notebook like this:

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from IPython.display import Image, display
display(Image(url=output.url))

This will show the generated unicorn image right in your notebook!

Code: 24 

from IPython.display import Image, display
display(Image(url=output.url))

Code: 181 

import replicate
from IPython.display import Image, display

# Generate a simple unicorn outline for coloring
prompt = "simple unicorn outline, coloring book style, black and white line art, no shading, transparent background"

output = replicate.run(
    "google/nano-banana-pro",
    input={
        "prompt": prompt,
        "resolution": "2K",
        "image_input": [],
        "aspect_ratio": "4:3",
        "output_format": "png",
        "safety_filter_level": "block_only_high"
    }
)

display(Image(url=output.url))

Prompt: 45

Perfect. Now save file to disk for future reuse. File name follows 20240101T111111-unicorn, and decorate my card with it

Assistant: 162

Here's how to save the file with a timestamp:

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from datetime import datetime

# Generate timestamp filename
timestamp = datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%dT%H%M%S")
filename = f"{timestamp}-unicorn.png"

with open(filename, "wb") as file:
    file.write(output.read())
    
print(f"Saved as: {filename}")

Once that's saved, would you like me to show you how to add it to your card, or would you prefer to try it yourself first?

Code: 96 

from datetime import datetime

# Generate timestamp filename
timestamp = datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%dT%H%M%S")
filename = f"{timestamp}-unicorn.png"

with open(filename, "wb") as file:
    file.write(output.read())
    
print(f"Saved as: {filename}")

Prompt: 6

Help me do it

Assistant: 295

Great! Let's add the unicorn image to your card. We'll use plt.imread() to load the image and ax.imshow() to display it on the card:

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from PIL import Image as PILImage

# Load the unicorn image
unicorn_img = plt.imread(filename)

# Create a card with the word and unicorn decoration
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(4, 3))

# Add unicorn in corner (smaller size)
ax.imshow(unicorn_img, extent=[0.7, 0.95, 0.05, 0.3], alpha=0.7)

# Draw the word in center
draw_word(ax, w)

ax.set_xlim(0, 1)
ax.set_ylim(0, 1)
ax.axis('off')
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()

This puts a small unicorn in the bottom-right corner. Does that look good, or would you like to adjust the position or size?

Code: 198 

from PIL import Image as PILImage

# Load the unicorn image
unicorn_img = plt.imread(filename)

# Create a card with the word and unicorn decoration
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(4, 3))

# Add unicorn in corner (smaller size)
ax.imshow(unicorn_img, extent=[0.7, 0.95, 0.05, 0.3], alpha=0.7)

# Draw the word in center
draw_word(ax, w)

ax.set_xlim(0, 1)
ax.set_ylim(0, 1)
ax.axis('off')
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()

Prompt: 58

Lol so the image generated by nanobanan did not actually have transparent background. I'd need to use image tools to extract the outline of the unicorn and actually give the image a transaprent background

Assistant: 259

You're right! We need to remove the background. We can use PIL to make the white background transparent:

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from PIL import Image as PILImage

# Open the image
img = PILImage.open(filename).convert("RGBA")
datas = img.getdata()

# Replace white/light pixels with transparent
newData = []
for item in datas:
    # If pixel is mostly white, make it transparent
    if item[0] > 200 and item[1] > 200 and item[2] > 200:
        newData.append((255, 255, 255, 0))
    else:
        newData.append(item)

img.putdata(newData)
img.save(f"{timestamp}-unicorn-transparent.png", "PNG")

Try this and then reload the transparent version for your card. Does that work better?

Code: 178 

from PIL import Image as PILImage

# Open the image
img = PILImage.open(filename).convert("RGBA")
datas = img.getdata()

# Replace white/light pixels with transparent
newData = []
for item in datas:
    # If pixel is mostly white, make it transparent
    if item[0] > 180 and item[1] > 180 and item[2] > 180:
        newData.append((255, 255, 255, 0))
    else:
        newData.append(item)

img.putdata(newData)
display(img)

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img.save(filename, "PNG")

Note: 7

Word and Decorator

Code: 496 

# Load the unicorn image
unicorn_img = plt.imread(filename)

# Get unicorn aspect ratio
h, w_img = unicorn_img.shape[:2]
aspect_ratio = w_img / h

# Create card - 1/6 of letter size
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(3.5, 3.67))

# Layout: word on left (x=0.25), unicorn on right
word_center_x = 0.25
unicorn_left = 0.5  # unicorn starts here
unicorn_right = 0.98  # small margin on right

# Available space for unicorn
available_width = unicorn_right - unicorn_left  # 0.48
available_height = 0.8  # leaving 10% margin top/bottom

# Fit unicorn to available space while maintaining aspect ratio
if available_width / aspect_ratio <= available_height:
    # Width-limited
    unicorn_width = available_width
    unicorn_height = unicorn_width / aspect_ratio
else:
    # Height-limited
    unicorn_height = available_height
    unicorn_width = unicorn_height * aspect_ratio

# Center unicorn vertically
unicorn_bottom = (1 - unicorn_height) / 2

ax.imshow(unicorn_img, extent=[unicorn_left, unicorn_left + unicorn_width, 
                                unicorn_bottom, unicorn_bottom + unicorn_height])
draw_word(ax, w, x=word_center_x, y=0.5, fontsize=60)

ax.set_xlim(0, 1)
ax.set_ylim(0, 1)
ax.axis('off')
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()

Prompt: 33

Now there's a bit too much going on here. Please help organize these into functions for future maintainability.

Assistant: 1,188

Good idea! Let's organize everything into clean, reusable functions:

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from datetime import datetime
from PIL import Image as PILImage
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.font_manager as fm
import replicate
from IPython.display import Image, display

# Load font globally
font_path = 'KGRedHandsOutline.ttf'
prop = fm.FontProperties(fname=font_path)

def generate_image(prompt, aspect_ratio="4:3"):
    """Generate an image using nanobanana"""
    output = replicate.run(
        "google/nano-banana-pro",
        input={
            "prompt": prompt,
            "resolution": "2K",
            "aspect_ratio": aspect_ratio,
            "output_format": "png",
            "safety_filter_level": "block_only_high"
        }
    )
    return output

def make_transparent(img, threshold=180):
    """Replace white/light pixels with transparent"""
    img = img.convert("RGBA")
    datas = img.getdata()
    newData = []
    for item in datas:
        if item[0] > threshold and item[1] > threshold and item[2] > threshold:
            newData.append((255, 255, 255, 0))
        else:
            newData.append(item)
    img.putdata(newData)
    return img

def save_decoration(output, name):
    """Save replicate output with timestamp, make transparent, return filename"""
    timestamp = datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%dT%H%M%S")
    filename = f"{timestamp}-{name}.png"
    
    # Save raw first
    with open(filename, "wb") as f:
        f.write(output.read())
    
    # Make transparent and overwrite
    img = PILImage.open(filename)
    img = make_transparent(img)
    img.save(filename, "PNG")
    
    return filename

def draw_word(ax, word, x=0.5, y=0.5, fontsize=60):
    """Draw a word on the axes"""
    ax.text(x, y, word, fontproperties=prop, fontsize=fontsize, 
            ha='center', va='center')

def create_card(word, decoration_file, figsize=(3.5, 3.67)):
    """Create a single word card with decoration"""
    img = plt.imread(decoration_file)
    h, w_img = img.shape[:2]
    aspect = w_img / h
    
    fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=figsize)
    
    # Unicorn on right side
    unicorn_left, unicorn_right = 0.5, 0.98
    available_width = unicorn_right - unicorn_left
    available_height = 0.8
    
    if available_width / aspect <= available_height:
        uw, uh = available_width, available_width / aspect
    else:
        uh, uw = available_height, available_height * aspect
    
    ub = (1 - uh) / 2
    ax.imshow(img, extent=[unicorn_left, unicorn_left + uw, ub, ub + uh])
    
    # Word on left
    draw_word(ax, word, x=0.25, y=0.5)
    
    ax.set_xlim(0, 1)
    ax.set_ylim(0, 1)
    ax.axis('off')
    plt.tight_layout()
    
    return fig, ax

Now you can use it like this:

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# Generate and save a new decoration
output = generate_image("simple unicorn outline, coloring book style, black and white line art")
unicorn_file = save_decoration(output, "unicorn")

# Create a card
fig, ax = create_card("can", unicorn_file)
plt.show()

Does this look good? Next we can add a function to generate a full page of 6 cards!

Code: 1,075 () 

from datetime import datetime
from PIL import Image as PILImage
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.font_manager as fm
import replicate
from IPython.display import Image, display
from tenacity import retry, stop_after_attempt, wait_fixed

# Load font globally
font_path = 'KGRedHandsOutline.ttf'
prop = fm.FontProperties(fname=font_path)

@retry(stop=stop_after_attempt(3), wait=wait_fixed(2))
def generate_image(prompt, aspect_ratio="4:3"):
    """Generate an image using nanobanana"""
    output = replicate.run(
        "google/nano-banana-pro",
        input={
            "prompt": prompt,
            "resolution": "2K",
            "aspect_ratio": aspect_ratio,
            "output_format": "png",
            "safety_filter_level": "block_only_high"
        }
    )
    return output

def make_transparent(img, threshold=180):
    """Replace white/light pixels with transparent"""
    img = img.convert("RGBA")
    datas = img.getdata()
    newData = []
    for item in datas:
        if item[0] > threshold and item[1] > threshold and item[2] > threshold:
            newData.append((255, 255, 255, 0))
        else:
            newData.append(item)
    img.putdata(newData)
    return img

def save_decoration(output, name, dir='img'):
    """Save replicate output with timestamp, make transparent, return filename"""
    timestamp = datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%dT%H%M%S")
    filename = f"{dir}/{timestamp}-{name}.png"
    
    # Save raw first
    with open(filename, "wb") as f:
        f.write(output.read())
    
    # Make transparent and overwrite
    img = PILImage.open(filename)
    img = make_transparent(img)
    img.save(filename, "PNG")
    
    return filename

def draw_word(ax, word, x=0.5, y=0.5, fontsize=60):
    """Draw a word on the axes"""
    ax.text(x, y, word, fontproperties=prop, fontsize=fontsize, 
            ha='center', va='center')

def create_card(word, decoration_file, figsize=(3.5, 3.67)):
    """Create a single word card with decoration"""
    img = plt.imread(decoration_file)
    h, w_img = img.shape[:2]
    aspect = w_img / h
    
    fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=figsize)
    
    # Unicorn on right side
    unicorn_left, unicorn_right = 0.5, 0.98
    available_width = unicorn_right - unicorn_left
    available_height = 0.8
    
    if available_width / aspect <= available_height:
        uw, uh = available_width, available_width / aspect
    else:
        uh, uw = available_height, available_height * aspect
    
    ub = (1 - uh) / 2
    ax.imshow(img, extent=[unicorn_left, unicorn_left + uw, ub, ub + uh])
    
    # Word on left
    draw_word(ax, word, x=0.25, y=0.5)
    
    ax.set_xlim(0, 1)
    ax.set_ylim(0, 1)
    ax.axis('off')
    plt.tight_layout()
    
    return fig, ax

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fig, ax = create_card("can", filename)
plt.show()

Note: 3

Layout

Prompt: 63

Now I want to put 6 of this unicorn cards on a letter sized paper. I want to make sure When I print out this is what I want before I use more tokens with nanobanana.

Assistant: 609

Perfect! Let's create a 6-card page layout (2 columns × 3 rows) on letter size paper (8.5" × 11"):

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def create_card_page(words, decoration_file):
    """Create a letter-sized page with 6 cards (2 cols × 3 rows)"""
    # Letter size: 8.5 x 11 inches
    fig = plt.figure(figsize=(8.5, 11))
    
    # Create 2x3 grid
    for i, word in enumerate(words[:6]):  # Only take first 6 words
        ax = plt.subplot(3, 2, i + 1)
        
        # Load decoration
        img = plt.imread(decoration_file)
        h, w_img = img.shape[:2]
        aspect = w_img / h
        
        # Decoration on right
        unicorn_left, unicorn_right = 0.5, 0.98
        available_width = unicorn_right - unicorn_left
        available_height = 0.8
        
        if available_width / aspect <= available_height:
            uw, uh = available_width, available_width / aspect
        else:
            uh, uw = available_height, available_height * aspect
        
        ub = (1 - uh) / 2
        ax.imshow(img, extent=[unicorn_left, unicorn_left + uw, ub, ub + uh])
        
        # Word on left
        draw_word(ax, word, x=0.25, y=0.5, fontsize=60)
        
        ax.set_xlim(0, 1)
        ax.set_ylim(0, 1)
        ax.axis('off')
    
    plt.tight_layout()
    return fig

# Test with first 6 words
test_words = words_to_learn[:6]
fig = create_card_page(test_words, filename)
plt.show()

This will show you what the printed page will look like. Does this layout work for you?

Prompt: 40

Reuse the create_card("can", filename) function to do this which contained all the logic about figure out where to put the unicorn

Assistant: 624

Good point! Let's refactor create_card to accept an ax parameter so it can be reused:

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def create_card(word, decoration_file, ax=None, fontsize=60):
    """Create a single word card with decoration"""
    img = plt.imread(decoration_file)
    h, w_img = img.shape[:2]
    aspect = w_img / h
    
    # Create new figure if ax not provided
    if ax is None:
        fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(3.5, 3.67))
    
    # Decoration on right side
    unicorn_left, unicorn_right = 0.5, 0.98
    available_width = unicorn_right - unicorn_left
    available_height = 0.8
    
    if available_width / aspect <= available_height:
        uw, uh = available_width, available_width / aspect
    else:
        uh, uw = available_height, available_height * aspect
    
    ub = (1 - uh) / 2
    ax.imshow(img, extent=[unicorn_left, unicorn_left + uw, ub, ub + uh])
    
    # Word on left
    draw_word(ax, word, x=0.25, y=0.5, fontsize=fontsize)
    
    ax.set_xlim(0, 1)
    ax.set_ylim(0, 1)
    ax.axis('off')
    
    return ax

def create_card_page(words, decoration_file):
    """Create a letter-sized page with 6 cards (2 cols × 3 rows)"""
    fig = plt.figure(figsize=(8.5, 11))
    
    for i, word in enumerate(words[:6]):
        ax = plt.subplot(3, 2, i + 1)
        create_card(word, decoration_file, ax=ax)
    
    plt.tight_layout()
    return fig

# Test it
fig = create_card_page(words_to_learn[:6], filename)
plt.show()

Much cleaner! Does the layout look good?

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def create_card(word, decoration_file, ax=None, fontsize=60):
    """Create a single word card with decoration"""
    img = plt.imread(decoration_file)
    h, w_img = img.shape[:2]
    aspect = w_img / h
    
    # Create new figure if ax not provided
    if ax is None:
        fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(3.5, 3.67))
    
    # Decoration on right side
    unicorn_left, unicorn_right = 0.5, 0.98
    available_width = unicorn_right - unicorn_left
    available_height = 0.8
    
    if available_width / aspect <= available_height:
        uw, uh = available_width, available_width / aspect
    else:
        uh, uw = available_height, available_height * aspect
    
    ub = (1 - uh) / 2
    ax.imshow(img, extent=[unicorn_left, unicorn_left + uw, ub, ub + uh])
    
    # Word on left
    draw_word(ax, word, x=0.25, y=0.5, fontsize=fontsize)
    
    ax.set_xlim(0, 1)
    ax.set_ylim(0, 1)
    ax.axis('off')
    
    return ax

def create_card_page(words, decoration_file):
    """Create a letter-sized page with 6 cards (2 cols × 3 rows)"""
    fig = plt.figure(figsize=(8.5, 11))
    
    for i, word in enumerate(words[:6]):
        ax = plt.subplot(3, 2, i + 1)
        create_card(word, decoration_file, ax=ax)
    
    plt.tight_layout()
    return fig

# Test it
filename = 'img/20251205T192019-unicorn.png'
fig = create_card_page(words_to_learn[:6], filename)
plt.show()

Output: 97

Code: 21 

fig.savefig('test_rpint.pdf', bbox_inches='tight')

Code: 438 () 

def add_cut_guides(fig, rows=3, cols=2):
    """Add dashed cutting guides to a figure"""
    # Vertical lines (cols-1 lines)
    for i in range(1, cols):
        x = i / cols
        fig.add_artist(plt.Line2D([x, x], [0, 1], 
                                   transform=fig.transFigure, 
                                   color='gray', linewidth=0.5, 
                                   linestyle='--'))
    
    # Horizontal lines (rows-1 lines)
    for i in range(1, rows):
        y = i / rows
        fig.add_artist(plt.Line2D([0, 1], [y, y], 
                                   transform=fig.transFigure, 
                                   color='gray', linewidth=0.5, 
                                   linestyle='--'))

def create_card_page(words, decoration_file, show_guides=True):
    """Create a letter-sized page with 6 cards (2 cols × 3 rows)"""
    fig = plt.figure(figsize=(8.5, 11))
    
    for i, word in enumerate(words[:6]):
        ax = plt.subplot(3, 2, i + 1)
        create_card(word, decoration_file, ax=ax)
    
    plt.tight_layout()
    
    if show_guides:
        add_cut_guides(fig, rows=3, cols=2)
    
    return fig

Code: 46 () 

# Test
fig = create_card_page(words_to_learn[:6], 'img/20251205T192019-unicorn.png')
plt.show()

Output: 97

Note: 3

Produce

Code: 9 

len(words_to_learn)

Code: 10 () 

decorators = decorating_elements*repeat

Code: 39 () 

[f"simple {w} outline, coloring book style, black and white line art. white background" for w in decorators]

Output: 238 

['simple unicorn outline, coloring book style, black and white line art. white background',
 'simple cat outline, coloring book style, black and white line art. white background',
 'simple rainbow outline, coloring book style, black and white line art. white background',
 'simple balloon outline, coloring book style, black and white line art. white background',
 'simple lion outline, coloring book style, black and white line art. white background',
 'simple snake outline, coloring book style, black and white line art. white background']

Code: 4 () 

!mkdir img

Code: 78 () 

decorator_files = []
for w in decorators:
    output = generate_image(f"simple {w} outline, coloring book style, black and white line art. white background")
    decorator_files.append(save_decoration(output, w))
print(decorator_files)

Output: 187 

['img/20251205T212902-unicorn.png', 'img/20251205T212933-cat.png', 'img/20251205T213005-rainbow.png', 'img/20251205T213032-balloon.png', 'img/20251205T213103-lion.png', 'img/20251205T213143-snake.png']

Code: 76 () 

import glob

# Find all decorator files
decorator_files = sorted(glob.glob("img/*-*.png"))

print(f"Found {len(decorator_files)} decorator files:")
for f in decorator_files:
    print(f"  {f}")

Code: 16 () 

!zip sight_word_decorators.zip img/*.png

Prompt: 15

I want to zip up all these files in bash

Assistant: 120

You can zip all the image files with:

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!zip -r sight_word_cards.zip img/

Or if you only want the specific decorator PNG files:

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!zip sight_word_decorators.zip img/*.png

The first command will include everything in the img/ folder, while the second only includes the PNG files. Which would you prefer?

Code: 39 () 

for w, d_f in zip(words_to_learn[:6], decorator_files[:6]):
    print(w, d_f)

Output: 136 

can img/20251205T192019-unicorn.png
we img/20251205T200333-wolf.png
what img/20251205T200404-bear-rainbow.png
my img/20251205T200820-elephant.png
of img/20251205T201215-flower.png
said img/20251205T201318-flower.png

Code: 231 () 

def create_card_page(words, decoration_file, show_guides=True):
    """Create a letter-sized page with 6 cards (2 cols × 3 rows)"""
    fig = plt.figure(figsize=(8.5, 11))
    
    for i, (word, decof) in enumerate(zip(words[:6], decoration_file[:6])):
        ax = plt.subplot(3, 2, i + 1)
        create_card(word, decof, ax=ax)
    
    plt.tight_layout()
    
    if show_guides:
        add_cut_guides(fig, rows=3, cols=2)
    
    return fig

# Test
fig = create_card_page(words_to_learn[:6], decorator_files[:6])
plt.show()

Output: 97

Code: 25 

for 
#fig.savefig('test_rpint.pdf', bbox_inches='tight')

Prompt: 52

Now I want to use a loop and print these 6 at a time. Because there's 31 words, if a page is missing file it's ok, just leave it empty

Assistant: 415

Here's how to generate all the pages with 6 cards each:

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import math

# Calculate number of pages needed
num_pages = math.ceil(len(words_to_learn) / 6)

for page_num in range(num_pages):
    start_idx = page_num * 6
    end_idx = min(start_idx + 6, len(words_to_learn))
    
    # Get words and decorators for this page
    page_words = words_to_learn[start_idx:end_idx]
    page_decos = decorator_files[start_idx:end_idx] if start_idx < len(decorator_files) else []
    
    # Pad with empty strings if needed
    while len(page_words) < 6:
        page_words.append("")
    while len(page_decos) < 6:
        page_decos.append(decorator_files[0] if decorator_files else "")
    
    # Create and save the page
    fig = create_card_page(page_words, page_decos)
    filename = f'sight_words_page_{page_num + 1}.pdf'
    fig.savefig(filename, bbox_inches='tight')
    print(f"Saved {filename}")
    plt.close(fig)

print(f"\nGenerated {num_pages} pages total")

This will create separate PDF files for each page. Empty cards will just show the decorator without text. Does this work for you?

Code: 339 () 

import math

num_pages = math.ceil(len(words_to_learn) / 6)

for page_num in range(num_pages):
    start_idx = page_num * 6
    end_idx = min(start_idx + 6, len(words_to_learn))
    
    # Get words and decorators for this page
    page_words = words_to_learn[start_idx:end_idx]
    page_decos = decorator_files[start_idx:end_idx] if start_idx < len(decorator_files) else []
    
    # Pad with empty strings if needed
    while len(page_words) < 6:
        page_words.append("")
    while len(page_decos) < 6:
        page_decos.append(decorator_files[0] if decorator_files else "")
    
    # Create and save the page
    fig = create_card_page(page_words, page_decos)
    filename = f'sight_words_page_{page_num + 1}.pdf'
    fig.savefig(filename, bbox_inches='tight')
    print(f"Saved {filename}")
    plt.close(fig)

print(f"\nGenerated {num_pages} pages total")

Output: 96 

Saved sight_words_page_1.pdf
Saved sight_words_page_2.pdf
Saved sight_words_page_3.pdf
Saved sight_words_page_4.pdf
Saved sight_words_page_5.pdf
Saved sight_words_page_6.pdf

Generated 6 pages total

Prompt: 55

Collect all mesage of this notebook and then get them to export: notebook_to_org(messages, title="My Project", output_file="~/Documents/notes/project.org")