Markdown to PDF

What this does

You paste Markdown, you get a PDF. Tables, code blocks, headings, links and images all work. Inline HTML is supported too, so you can drop a <style> tag at the top to control fonts and colors.

When this is useful

• Converting a README or technical doc into something shareable
• Generating proposals or specs from a writing tool that outputs Markdown
• Producing print ready documentation from your repo
• Sending meeting notes without the recipient installing anything

Common pitfalls

Tables need pipes

GitHub Flavored Markdown tables work. ASCII art tables do not. If your table looks broken, check that every row uses | as the column separator.

Code blocks render as plain text

Syntax highlighting is not applied by default. If you want colored code, wrap it in a <pre> with inline CSS, or pre render the HTML and use the HTML to PDF tool instead.

Images need public URLs

Local image paths like ![](./logo.png) will not load. The converter has no access to your file system. Use a public URL or a base64 data URI.

Same conversion via the API

If you want this from code, or at scale, the same conversion runs through the REST API:

curl -X POST https://quaterio.com/api/v1/generate/markdown \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "markdown": "# Hello\n\nWorld",
    "pageSize": "A4"
  }' \
  --output document.pdf

The API also gives you templates with variables, batch processing, webhooks, custom fonts and watermark free output. See the developer docs or pricing for tier limits.