What TXT to PDF does
This tool turns plain text into a clean PDF: A4 pages, Helvetica at the size you choose, consistent margins, page breaks where the text runs out of room. Paste text or open a .txt file, set the font size, and download. It is the fastest way to turn notes, logs, code, lyrics, a README or a transcript into a document that opens identically on every device, prints predictably and can be attached where .txt is refused. Everything runs in your browser.
Layout details
| Setting | Value |
|---|---|
| Page size | A4 (210 × 297 mm) |
| Margins | 50 pt (about 18 mm) on all sides |
| Font | Helvetica (standard PDF font, no embedding needed) |
| Font size | Your choice; 12 pt default |
| Line height | 1.4 × font size |
| Lines per page at 12 pt | About 44 |
| Characters per line at 12 pt | About 90 — longer lines run off the right edge |
Lines are placed exactly as they appear in the source text. Very long lines are not automatically wrapped, so hard-wrap your text at 80–90 characters (for 12 pt) before converting, or lower the font size for wide content such as log output.
Choosing a font size
- 10–11 pt — dense reference material, logs, code listings; about 105–115 characters per line.
- 12 pt — normal reading; the standard for letters and essays.
- 14–16 pt — large print for accessibility or reading at a distance.
- 8–9 pt — fitting long lines such as wide tables or diffs; readable but small.
Common uses
- Submitting notes, transcripts or code samples where the portal accepts PDF only.
- Printing logs and configuration files with page numbers and predictable pagination (add numbers afterwards with Add Page Numbers).
- Archiving text in a format that will render the same way for decades.
- Turning meeting minutes or a plain-text draft into a shareable document without opening a word processor.
- Producing a printable copy of an email or chat export.
Characters and encoding
Helvetica as a standard PDF font covers Latin characters with Western European accents (the WinAnsi set). Characters outside it — Thai, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, emoji, some symbols — cannot be drawn with that font and will be dropped or shown as blanks. For non-Latin text, use a word processor that embeds a Unicode font and export to PDF from there. Tabs are rendered as spaces; other control characters are ignored.
TXT to PDF vs printing to PDF
Every operating system can “print” a text file to PDF, and for occasional use that is fine. This tool is quicker when you have text on the clipboard rather than in a file, gives consistent margins and font regardless of platform, and works on phones and locked-down machines where the print dialog is awkward or unavailable.