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Markdown to PDF

Convert Markdown files to PDF with syntax highlighting and custom styling. Upload .md files or paste Markdown text.

Character Support Limitation

Browser-based PDF generation has limited font support. Best results with Latin characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9) and basic punctuation. Special symbols (✓ ✗ → ●), emoji, and non-Latin characters (Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, etc.) may display as boxes. For documents with special characters, consider using plain text alternatives (e.g., "Yes" instead of ✓, ":)" instead of 😀).

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About Markdown to PDF

This tool converts Markdown files to PDF with syntax highlighting and custom styling. All processing happens in your browser for maximum privacy and security.

Features:

  • • Upload up to 10 Markdown files at once
  • • Maximum 100 MB per file
  • • Direct text input with live editing
  • • Full inline formatting (bold, italic, strikethrough)
  • • Clickable hyperlinks in PDF
  • • Image embedding with base64 conversion
  • • Clean, professional PDF styling
  • • Automatic table of contents generation
  • • Batch conversion with merge option
  • • Download as individual PDFs or ZIP archive

Supported Markdown Features:

  • • Headers (H1-H6) with automatic sizing
  • • Text formatting (bold, italic, strikethrough, inline code)
  • • Lists (ordered, unordered, nested lists)
  • • Code blocks (fenced with triple backticks)
  • • Tables with headers and borders
  • • Blockquotes (italic, indented)
  • • Horizontal rules (separator lines)
  • • Hyperlinks (blue, underlined, clickable in PDF viewer)
  • • Images (converted to base64 and embedded)
  • • GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM)

PDF Customization:

  • • Page size: A4, Letter, Legal, A3, A5
  • • Orientation: Portrait or Landscape
  • • Adjustable font size (10-20pt)
  • • Adjustable line height
  • • Optional table of contents (clickable internal links)
  • • Custom page margins

Links:

  • • Links are styled in blue with underline
  • • Clickable in most PDF viewers (Adobe, Chrome, Firefox)
  • • Click to open URL in default browser
  • • Link formatting works in paragraphs, lists, and tables

Fonts & Unicode Support:

  • • Uses Roboto font (pdfmake default)
  • • Basic Latin, numbers, and common punctuation fully supported
  • • Some Unicode symbols may display as boxes (font limitation)
  • • Unsupported symbols: Use ASCII alternatives (e.g., [v] for ✓)
  • • Emoji may not display correctly - use text emoticons instead
  • • Characters render as-is without auto-conversion
  • • For full Unicode support, use plain text alternatives

Image Support:

  • • Images are converted to base64 and embedded in PDF
  • • Supports data URLs (base64 images) without restrictions
  • • External images may fail due to CORS restrictions
  • • For best results, use base64 data URLs for images
  • • Failed images will show alt text in PDF

Privacy: All conversion happens in your browser. Your Markdown files are never uploaded to any server. Everything is processed locally for maximum security.