Hey this is pretty great project !I too am building an API client based on markdown and this will do pretty well with it : <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;voiden.md&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;voiden.md&#x2F;</a>

There is an example in the repo: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;schicho&#x2F;mdpdf&#x2F;blob&#x2F;main&#x2F;examples&#x2F;README.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;schicho&#x2F;mdpdf&#x2F;blob&#x2F;main&#x2F;examples&#x2F;README.p...</a>(It&#x27;s vanilla.)I&#x27;d love to see an output option that leaves 40%–60% of the right side of every page blank, for handwritten notes after printing (similar to Tufte layout).

This looks like a great little utility. Nice job!I would also like to see some markdown to PDF screenshot examples in order to properly visualize the intent. Keep it up!

You should post a screenshot in the README to let the people know what the rendered PDF looks like.

I have always searched for a simple tool which can convert a MD document to a well styled small PDF, just like a GitHub Readme.This was inspired by TinyPDF <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=46316968">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=46316968</a>I also used this project to get familiar with agentic coding, which I had dreaded before.mdpdf supports:- using the included PDF fonts to generate tiny valid PDFs- outputs as A4 or Letter depending on your locale- plenty of common MD syntax: code blocks, inline code, lists, tables, and jpg and png imagesThat&#x27;s it. It covers probably most of the use cases and can help to simply convert a Markdown write-up to a PDF to share.GitHub: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;schicho&#x2F;mdpdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;schicho&#x2F;mdpdf</a>A simple make call should build it for you.

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