Text to PDF
Text to PDF takes a .txt file and returns a paginated PDF, ready to print or share. It is plain text with no rich formatting: the font is always the standard Helvetica, which keeps the file small but only covers the Western Latin alphabet and its accents. All processing runs in your browser.
Two steps, nothing to install.
The whole job happens on your computer, start to finish.
Choose the file
Drag the .txt file into the tool window, or click to pick it.
Download the PDF
Get an automatically paginated PDF, with the font size and margin you chose.
Which languages does the font cover?
The WinAnsi encoding: Portuguese, Spanish, French, German and other Western Latin languages, with their accents. It does not cover emoji, or scripts such as Greek, Cyrillic, Arabic, Hebrew or Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
What happens if the text has an unsupported character?
The tool refuses BEFORE it starts generating the document, and states exactly which was the first character it cannot draw. You never get a half finished PDF or one with swapped symbols.
Is there any formatting, like bold or color?
No. It is running text in a single font, size and color (black). For rich formatting, the alternative is to write the document in a text editor and export it to PDF from there.
How is pagination decided?
Automatically, from the chosen font size and margin: once an A4 sheet is full, a new page starts, without cutting a line in the middle.
The tool says there is a character it cannot draw.
It is the standard Helvetica font admitting its real limit: it only covers WinAnsi, the Western Latin alphabet and its accents. An emoji, a Greek, Cyrillic, Arabic letter or one from an Asian script falls outside that, and the message states which was the first problem character.
What do I do with text that has emoji or another script?
The honest alternative is to convert that content into an image first (a screenshot, for example) and use the Images to PDF tool, or a tool with an embedded font, which this is not.
The paragraphs come out too tight or too wide.
The font size and margin directly control the result: increase the font size for more readable text, or reduce the margin to fit more per line.
A very long word (a URL, for example) comes out cut in the middle.
It is on purpose: a single word longer than the page's usable width is force-split character by character, so it does not spill past the margin.
Questions about converting text to PDF.
Do I need an account to convert a .txt?
Yes. The account (magic link, no password) is needed for the subscription. This tool is part of the Premium subscription, EUR 1.99 a month, which removes the limits on every tool and adds OCR. Sign PDF opens on the free plan, with one signature a day.
What page size does it use?
A4, the standard size everywhere except North America.
Can I choose the font size and margin?
Yes, both have their own field in the form, with a sensible default value.
Are my files kept on your servers?
No. Since nothing is sent, nothing is kept outside your browser.
Got some text
to turn into a PDF?
Open the tool and try it. Nothing to install, nothing sent anywhere.
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