HTML PDF Swap

HTML to PDF

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.html, .htm, .xhtml

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FAQ and format details
Why convert HTML to PDF?

Use HTML→PDF when someone asked for 'a PDF of this page' and you do not want to File→Print→Save as PDF on a machine whose print driver will rewrite fonts. Typical jobs: a snapshot of a policy HTML file, an offline copy of a Markdown preview, or a simple invoice-like article.

How this conversion runs

The HTML hub is walked into blocks. pdf-lib draws each heading and paragraph, wrapping lines to the page width and adding pages when the cursor runs out of room. Western punctuation is normalized to WinAnsi; characters the built-in fonts cannot paint become question marks, with a warning. Images currently become alt-text lines rather than embedded bitmaps.

Keep in mind for HTML → PDF

This is not Chrome's print engine. Headers, footers, page numbers, and CSS @media print rules are not honored. Multi-column layouts become a single column. For a layout-faithful PDF, open the HTML locally and use the browser's print dialog — that path is still the highest fidelity, and this converter tells you so in the warnings.

After you have a PDF file

Open the PDF in Acrobat, Preview, or the browser. If type looks wrong (CJK, Arabic, emoji), you hit the standard-font limit; stay in HTML or print from a browser that can embed fonts. If you needed comments and reflow, you wanted HTML→DOCX instead.

Can I choose A4?

Not yet. Pages are US Letter (612×792 points). If you need A4, print the HTML from the browser and pick A4 in the print dialog.

Will links stay clickable?

Link text is drawn; clickable PDF annotations are not written in this version. Keep the HTML if you need a web of URLs.

This pair at a glance
Accepts
.html, .htm, .xhtml
Writes
.pdf · application/pdf
Read fidelity
exact (HTML → HTML)
Write fidelity
medium (HTML → PDF)
Source size
Plan for files under 7.6 MB

Runs in this browser.

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About HTML and PDF

Source file

HTML

The web’s native document format: structured markup for headings, paragraphs, lists, tables, links, and media.

HTML is the pivot format for this converter. Incoming files are turned into a sanitized HTML document, and outgoing files are generated from that document. Browsers, email clients, and most rich-text editors already speak it, which is why it is the most flexible interchange point.

Extensions
.html, .htm, .xhtml
MIME types
text/html, application/xhtml+xml
Kind
text · utf-8
Category
markup
Standard
Open format · since 1993
Comfortable size
Up to about 7.6 MB in this browser converter
Read into HTML
exact fidelity · implemented — Identity transform after sanitizing script/style that cannot round-trip into other document types.

What this format can hold

  • headings
  • paragraphs
  • lists
  • tables
  • links
  • images
  • inline formatting
  • semantic structure

Apps that consume HTML

  • Chrome (Google) — opens on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android
  • Firefox (Mozilla) — opens on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android
  • Safari (Apple) — opens on macOS, iOS
  • Edge (Microsoft) — opens on Windows, macOS
  • VS Code (Microsoft) — creates on Windows, macOS, Linux
  • WordPress — creates and opens on Web

Catalog notes

  • Scripts, event handlers, and external stylesheets are stripped during conversion so the hub stays a document, not an app.
  • XHTML is accepted as input and emitted as HTML5.

Destination file

PDF

A page-description format that paints glyphs and graphics onto fixed pages. Universal for print, archival, and sharing.

PDF (Portable Document Format) describes pages, not a flowing document tree. Incoming PDFs are reconstructed as HTML: designed pages keep positioned text, fonts, images, and vectors; simpler reading documents become flowing articles. Export to PDF paints HTML onto pages via pdf-lib. Pixel-perfect Word/InDesign layout is not the goal.

Extensions
.pdf
MIME types
application/pdf
Kind
binary · binary
Category
page description
Standard
Open format · since 1993
Spec
ISO 32000
Comfortable size
Up to about 38 MB in this browser converter
Written from HTML
medium fidelity · implemented — HTML is paginated onto US Letter pages via pdf-lib. Embedded PNG/JPEG data URLs are painted. Print-to-PDF from the preview remains the highest-fidelity path.

What this format can hold

  • page layout
  • paragraphs
  • images
  • links
  • embedded fonts

Usually dropped on the way out

  • css absolute layout
  • webfonts unless embedded
  • interactive forms

Apps that consume PDF

  • Adobe Acrobat / Reader (Adobe) — creates and opens on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android
  • Chrome (Google) — opens on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android
  • Edge (Microsoft) — opens on Windows, macOS
  • Preview (Apple) — opens on macOS, iOS
  • Foxit — creates and opens on Windows, macOS
  • Okular (KDE) — opens on Linux

Catalog notes

  • Encrypted PDFs cannot be opened in-browser without the password (not collected).
  • OCR for image-only scans is out of scope for v1.
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