Markdown To Pdf With Pandoc And Miktex (Windows)

The aim of this tutorial🔍 is to go through the steps needed to convert markdown into pdf using pandoc and miktex.

1. install pandoc with chocholatey

• install from Chocolatey Software — Pandoc 2.12

choco install pandoc

2. install miktex for pdf engine

• install from Getting MiKTeX
• test run with

pandoc -V geometry:"top=2cm, bottom=1.5cm, left=2cm, right=2cm" -f markdown-implicit_figures -o <output_name>.pdf <input_name>.md

3. remove page numbering

• add the following at the top of the markdown file

\pagenumbering{gobble}

4. resize images

• when merging add { width=70% } after the image link to have
• the following is a link_attribute of latex

![2021-01-20](../assets/2021-01-20-3.jpg){ width=70% }

5. adding the title

• I want to start the section with a larger title
• add the following to the top of the merged markdown file to have 01–2021 as the section title

% 01-2021

6. change fonts

• checking the list of fonts in The LaTeX Font Catalogue — Front Page
• adding YAML header to the top of the merged file

pandoc -V fontfamily:Alegreya -V geometry:"top=2cm, bottom=1.5cm, left=2cm, right=2cm" -f markdown-implicit_figures -o <output_name>.pdf <input_name>.md

7. link colors

• as for colors, see https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#variables-for-html
• I recommend to use one of the basic colors listed in CSS/Properties/color/keywords — W3C Wiki

pandoc -V colorlinks=true -V linkcolor=teal -V urlcolor=teal -V toccolor=gray -V geometry:"top=2cm, bottom=1.5cm, left=2cm, right=2cm" -f markdown-implicit_figures -o cv.pdf index.markdown

7. sources

• Pandoc — Pandoc User’s Guide
• Total newbie confusion with pandoc and changing fonts on pdf export — TeX — LaTeX Stack Exchange
• https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#variables-for-html
• CSS/Properties/color/keywords — W3C Wiki