colortype 5.0a1

A simple ANSI color formatting library for Python.

colortype

colortype is a simple ANSI color formatting library for Python. It helps you easily apply colors, styles, and cursor controls in terminal applications.

Installation

You can install colortype via pip:

pip install colortype

Features

1. Foreground Colors

• Standard colors: red, green, blue, yellow, purple, black, white
• Light colors: light_red, light_green, light_blue, light_yellow, light_magenta, light_black, light_white

2. Background Colors

• Standard and light background colors available with b_ prefix.

3. Text Styles

• bold, dim, underline, blink, reverse

4. Cursor Control

• [up], [down], [left], [right]
• [delete_line] (New in v5.0a1!)
• [down_to_first_character] or [dtfc]

5. RGB Support

Use custom RGB colors:

from colortype import rgbcolor
print(rgbcolor(255, 0, 0) + "Red Text" + "\033[0m")

Usage

from colortype import fore, back, style, goto, console

print(fore.red + "This is red text" + style.reset)
print(back.yellow + "This has a yellow background" + style.reset)
print(style.bold + "This is bold text" + style.reset)

Or use [tags] with console():

print(console("[red]This is red text[reset]"))
print(console("[b_yellow]Yellow background[reset]"))

Changelog (v5.0a1)

• New Features:
  • [delete_line] for clearing current line.
  • [dtfc] moves down to the first character.
  • [dim] text style re-added.
• Fixes:
  • console() issue resolved.
  • dim was missing and now restored.

Contact

• Email 1: [e-mail]
• Email 2: [e-mail]

Thank you for using colortype!