Guides & Tutorials
Comprehensive documentation on Markdown rendering, supported diagrams, and output formats.
WireViz Diagrams in Markdown
How to document wiring harnesses, cable assemblies, and connector pinouts in Markdown using WireViz YAML — then export the result to a print-ready PDF.
WaveDrom Timing Diagrams
How to use WaveDrom to draw digital timing diagrams, logic waveforms, and register maps in Markdown using a simple JSON syntax.
Vega-Lite Data Visualizations
A high-level grammar of interactive graphics embedded in Markdown — declarative statistical charts defined entirely in JSON.
UMLet Diagrams in Markdown
How to use UMLet's text-based syntax to produce quick UML class, sequence, and state diagrams inside Markdown without opening a drawing tool.
TikZ Diagrams in Markdown
How to write TikZ graphics commands in Markdown to produce high-quality LaTeX-grade technical diagrams, plots, and geometric figures.
Writing Technical Documentation in Markdown
A practical guide to using Markdown for software documentation — covering structure, code examples, versioning, and publishing best practices.
Adding a Table of Contents to Your Document
Learn how to automatically generate a clickable Table of Contents from your Markdown headings for both HTML and PDF output.
SVG Bob: Modern ASCII Art
Convert hand-drawn ASCII art diagrams into razor-sharp scalable SVG graphics in Markdown — ideal for readable diagrams that stay legible in source files.
Sharing Documents Publicly
Learn how to generate a public share link for your Markdown document so anyone can view the rendered HTML version without an account.
Writing a Resume in Markdown and Exporting to PDF
A step-by-step guide to creating a professional, ATS-friendly resume in Markdown and exporting it as a polished PDF — with a complete template.
PlantUML Diagrams in Markdown
How to write PlantUML inside fenced code blocks to create sequence, use-case, class, and activity diagrams in Markdown, exportable to PDF.
Pikchr Diagrams in Markdown
A PIC-like markup language for technical drawing embedded directly in Markdown — compact, deterministic diagrams with no external tooling.
PDF Export Tips for Perfect Output
Expert tips for getting pixel-perfect, print-ready PDF output from your Markdown documents — covering page layout, fonts, images, and page breaks.
Nomnoml Diagrams in Markdown
A fast, highly customizable UML diagram generator driven entirely from text in Markdown, with styling directives for colors, shapes, and layout.
Creating Multi-Page PDF Documents
Strategies for structuring long Markdown documents that span multiple pages, with control over page breaks, headers, footers, and section flow.
Mermaid Flowcharts & Sequence Diagrams in Markdown
How to render Mermaid diagrams inside Markdown — flowcharts, sequence, Gantt, class, and state diagrams — with live preview and PDF export.
Markdown for Meeting Notes and Reports
Templates and best practices for using Markdown to write structured meeting notes, status reports, and recurring documents that are easy to share and archive.
Markdown vs Rich Text — When to Use Each
A practical comparison of Markdown and rich text editors (Word, Google Docs) to help you choose the right tool for your writing workflow.
The Complete Markdown Cheatsheet
A comprehensive reference for every Markdown syntax element — headings, links, tables, code blocks, and more — with live examples.
LaTeX vs KaTeX — Math Notation in the Browser
A deep-dive comparison of LaTeX and KaTeX for rendering mathematical expressions in web documents and PDFs, with syntax examples and performance notes.
KaTeX Math Equations in Markdown
How to write and render LaTeX mathematics inside standard Markdown with KaTeX — inline and block equations, matrices, and aligned environments.
How PDF Generation Works Under the Hood
A technical deep-dive into how Markdown documents are transformed into print-ready PDFs — covering parsing, rendering, layout engines, and the headless browser pipeline.
History of SVG — Scalable Vector Graphics
The complete history of SVG, from the browser wars of the 1990s through its adoption as the universal format for web graphics, icons, and technical diagrams.
The History of Portable Document Format (PDF)
How John Warnock's 'Camelot Project' revolutionized document sharing visually unchanged across all operating systems.
The Complete History of Markdown
A deep dive into the origins, evolution, and impact of Markdown on digital writing from 2004 to today.
History of LaTeX
The remarkable story of how Donald Knuth's frustration with typesetting led to TeX, and how Leslie Lamport's LaTeX became the universal standard for scientific publishing.
The History of HTML
A chronological journey from HTML 1.0 to HTML5, and how the web's markup language evolved.
History of Diagrams — From Flowcharts to Code
A fascinating history of how engineers and scientists moved from hand-drawn schematics to today's text-based diagram tools like Mermaid, Graphviz, and D2.
Graphviz / DOT in Markdown
Mastering the DOT language to generate mathematically precise network and graph layouts natively in Markdown, then export them to PDF.
Getting Started with Markdown to PDF
A complete beginner's guide to converting Markdown documents into beautiful, print-ready PDFs using Markdown to Pretty PDF.
Flowcharts in Markdown: Mermaid vs Graphviz vs D2
A detailed comparison of three powerful flowchart tools — Mermaid, Graphviz, and D2 — with equivalent examples to help you choose the right one.
Excalidraw Diagrams in Markdown
How to embed hand-drawn style Excalidraw diagrams directly in Markdown documentation and export them to PDF with the sketch aesthetic intact.
ERD Diagrams in Markdown
How to create Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERD) from plain text in Markdown — model tables, keys, and cardinality, and export them to PDF.
Embedding Images in Markdown
A complete guide to embedding local images, remote URLs, SVGs, and HTML-controlled images in Markdown documents for PDF and HTML export.
ASCII Art to Images with Ditaa
How to turn classic plain-text ASCII diagrams into beautiful bitmap images using Ditaa.
D2 Architecture Diagrams Guide
A modern, highly productive declarative language for generating beautiful architecture diagrams directly from text.
Choosing the Right Diagram Tool
A practical guide to selecting the best diagram tool for your use case — comparing Mermaid, PlantUML, Graphviz, D2, Vega-Lite, and more.
Chart.js Data Visualizations in Markdown
How to embed bar charts, line graphs, and pie charts in Markdown using Chart.js JSON configurations, rendered live and exported to PDF.
C4 Model Diagrams in Markdown
How to create C4 architecture diagrams — context, container, component, and code — in Markdown using C4-PlantUML and Structurizr syntax.
Bytefield Diagrams in Markdown
How to draft bytefield diagrams for bit-level protocol and packet documentation in Markdown, with precise field widths and offsets rendered as SVG.
BPMN Diagrams in Markdown
How to embed Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) diagrams in Markdown to document business workflows, approvals, and swimlanes as text.
BlockDiag Diagrams in Markdown
A Python-inspired syntax for generating clean block, sequence, activity, and packet diagrams in Markdown, rendered automatically to SVG.
Architecture Diagrams for Engineers with C4 and Mermaid
A practical guide to creating clear software architecture diagrams using the C4 model and Mermaid, with worked examples for every level of abstraction.
Creating API Documentation in Markdown
How to write clear, complete, and maintainable API documentation using Markdown — covering endpoints, request/response schemas, code examples, and authentication.
Writing Academic Papers with Math Using KaTeX
How to write academic papers, theses, and technical reports in Markdown with fully typeset mathematical notation using KaTeX — complete with structure, citations, and PDF export.