2022-05-12
Convert Markdown to PDF
X::Writing a Book or Ebook Using Pandoc
Without ToC
convert with Pandoc to PDF
pandoc \
--from=markdown \
--standalone \
--to=pdf \
--pdf-engine=xelatex \
--output=book.pdf \
--metadata title="My booklet"
With ToC
# convert to HTML
pandoc \
--from=markdown \
--standalone \
--to=html \
--output=book.html \
--metadata title="My book title" \
--toc
# convert to pdf
wkhtmltopdf \
-B 5mm -T 5mm -L 5mm -R 5mm \
-s A5 \
book.html book_html.pdf
NOTE: Experiment with page size to impact margins and font size
See also
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pdf
pandoc
wkhtmltopdf
html