Markdown to PDF Converter

Markdown is the quickest way to write notes, README files and documentation, but people outside your editor usually want a PDF. This converter turns Markdown into a tidy document: headings with bookmarks, bold and italic text, nested and task lists, tables with aligned columns, quotes, code blocks on a grey background and clickable links, with page numbers at the bottom. Paste the text or open .md files; nothing is uploaded.

How to use this tool

1. Paste Markdown into the box, or choose one or more .md files.
2. Pick the page size, body font, text size and margins.
3. Keep page numbers and heading bookmarks on, or turn them off.
4. Download the PDF.

Formula

The Markdown is parsed with the GitHub-flavoured rules (tables, task lists, strikethrough) and laid out line by line: a word goes on the current line while it fits the text width, otherwise a new line starts. Heading sizes are 1.9, 1.5, 1.25, 1.1, 1.0 and 0.95 × the text size for levels 1 to 6.

Table columns get their natural width when the table fits; otherwise each column keeps at least its longest word and shares the rest in proportion. The header row is repeated when a table continues on a new page.

Example

A README with a title, three sections, a 3-column table and two code blocks, at 11 pt on A4, becomes a 2-page PDF with 4 bookmarks (the title and three sections nested under it), a table with right-aligned number columns where the Markdown says ---:, and links you can click.