# Markdown to PDF with maths, diagrams and wide tables

> Convert Markdown to a clean, paginated PDF with typeset formulas, Mermaid diagrams, page numbers and automatic landscape pages for wide tables. No LaTeX install needed.

Updated 2026-10-21. Try it: https://mathfold.com/?example=coffee#convert

## Step by step

1. Paste or open your Markdown.
2. Choose the page size and theme. Tick Contents for a table of contents.
3. Check the preview. It shows the real page width, so what fits there fits in the PDF.
4. Click Download PDF.

## What a good Markdown PDF needs

Printing a Markdown preview from the browser gives you a PDF, but usually a poor one: tables cut off at the margin, diagrams missing, maths as raw LaTeX and no page numbers. A document PDF needs proper pagination, so Mathfold builds the pages first and prints them after.

- **Typeset maths**: every formula is rendered with proper fonts, in any common delimiter style.
- **Diagrams**: Mermaid code blocks are drawn and scaled to the page.
- **Wide tables**: measured before placement, then given a landscape page, a smaller font or column groups as needed.
- **Page furniture**: page numbers, a title block from front matter and an optional table of contents.
- **Page sizes**: A4, Letter, A5, A3 and Legal.

## Mixed orientation in one PDF

This is the part most converters skip. Below, the 14-column table of numbers still fits a portrait page because the numbers are narrow, so Mathfold leaves it there. A nine-column table full of words would not fit, so it gets its own landscape page:

```markdown
| Vessel | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 30 |
|:---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| Ceramic office mug | 85 | 76 | 68 | 62 | 56 | 51 | 47 |
| Steel thermos | 85 | 84 | 83 | 82 | 81 | 80 | 79 |
```

The decision is made per table, from the measured width of its content, so a document can switch to landscape and back as often as it needs to.

## Questions

### Is the text in the PDF selectable and searchable?

Yes. The PDF contains real text, not images of pages, so you can search it, copy from it and a screen reader can read it.

### Do I need LaTeX installed?

No. Formulas are typeset on Mathfold's servers. You only need a browser.

### Does the PDF match the Word file?

Yes, both come from the same layout plan: same fonts, same table widths, same landscape pages. Use Word when someone has to edit, PDF when it must look identical everywhere.

### Can I mix portrait and landscape pages?

That happens automatically. A table or diagram that is too wide gets a landscape page, and the document continues in portrait after it.