md2pdf

Convert Markdown files to styled PDF documents — preserving headings, tables, code blocks, blockquotes, lists, links, and more.

Features

• Headings H1–H6 with visual separators and distinct typography
• Bold, italic, strikethrough, and inline code
• Fenced code blocks with dark theme styling
• Blockquotes with colored left border
• Tables with dark header row and alternating row colors
• Nested bullet and numbered lists (up to 4 levels)
• Hyperlinks rendered as clickable underlined text
• Horizontal rules
• Hard line breaks (trailing two spaces)
• Page numbers in the footer
• Letter or A4 paper size

Requirements

pip install reportlab

Usage

# Basic — outputs input.pdf
python md2pdf.py input.md

# Custom output filename
python md2pdf.py input.md -o report.pdf

# A4 paper size
python md2pdf.py input.md --a4

# Combine flags
python md2pdf.py input.md -o report.pdf --a4

Output Preview

Markdown Element	PDF Rendering
# H1	Large bold title with thick underline
## H2	Bold with thin grey underline
### H3	Bold-italic, muted color
`code`	Red monospace on light background
```block```	Dark terminal-style background
> blockquote	Blue left border with light background
[text](url)	Blue underlined clickable link
Tables	Dark header, striped rows

File Structure

md2pdf.py   — main script

Author

zrnge

License

MIT