Exporting cut lines?

[sffc]

A user asked:

After exporting the cards into a pdf file, I noticed that the black borders of neighboring cards merge completely, which means that there's no clear cutline between cards anymore. This is a problem if the people who print out the file can't clearly see where to cut the cards. Is there a way to solve this problem? Would it be possible to add a "white/black cutline" option before exporting the cards into a pdf file? It would be a very helpful and appreciated feature.

[sffc]

The issue with cut lines is that there isn't a great way to avoid them showing up in the final product. Better is to have bleed around the edges of the cards and cut based on measurements.

For poker-size cards (2.5x3.5 inches) on letter size paper (8.5x11 inches), there is 1/2 inch margin on the long edge and 1/4 inch margin on the short edge. I trim off the margins (making slight adjustments based on where the image actually printed) so that I get a 7.5x10.5 piece of paper with 9 cards. From there, you need just 4 straight cuts to get the 9 cards.

If you really need cut lines, though, you can add them with the following rectangle at the bottom of your template:

rect(x=0 y=0 width=180 height=252 fill="transparent" stroke="#999" stroke-width="1")

This will add medium gray cut lines.

[engineeringleaf]

I added cutlines to my cards in the following way:

1. I added the following variables to my card, specifying the card dimensions and cut line properties which I want to use

- cw = 180 // card width
- ch = 252 // card height
- cut_line_length = 10
- cut_line_width = 1
- cut_line_color = 'black'

2. I added the following to the end of the code to draw the cutlines on the cards

// add cut lines
line(x1=0, x2=0, y1=0, y2=cut_line_length, stroke=cut_line_color, stroke-width=cut_line_width)
line(x1=cw, x2=cw, y1=0, y2=cut_line_length, stroke=cut_line_color, stroke-width=cut_line_width)
line(x1=0, x2=0, y1=ch, y2=ch - cut_line_length, stroke=cut_line_color, stroke-width=cut_line_width)
line(x1=cw, x2=cw, y1=ch, y2=ch - cut_line_length, stroke=cut_line_color, stroke-width=cut_line_width)
line(x1=0, x2=0, y1=ch, y2=ch - cut_line_length, stroke=cut_line_color, stroke-width=cut_line_width)
line(x1=0, x2=cut_line_length, y1=ch, y2=ch, stroke=cut_line_color, stroke-width=cut_line_width)
line(x1=0, x2=cut_line_length, y1=0, y2=0, stroke=cut_line_color, stroke-width=cut_line_width)
line(x1=cw, x2=cw - cut_line_length, y1=ch, y2=ch, stroke=cut_line_color, stroke-width=cut_line_width)
line(x1=cw, x2=cw - cut_line_length, y1=0, y2=0, stroke=cut_line_color, stroke-width=cut_line_width)

With this, all the cards will have cut lines.