md2pdf.css

/* Optional CSS to customize fonts, colors, syntax highlighting. */

/* Normal */
@font-face {
   font-family: Roboto;
   src: url(~/Library/Fonts/Roboto/Roboto-Light.ttf);
}

/* Bold */
@font-face {
   font-family: Roboto;
   src: url(~/Library/Fonts/Roboto/Roboto-Bold.ttf);
   font-weight: bold;
}

/* Italic */
@font-face {
   font-family: Roboto;
   src: url(~/Library/Fonts/Roboto/Roboto-LightItalic.ttf);
   font-style: italic;
}

/* Bold and italic */
@font-face {
   font-family: Roboto;
   src: url(~/Library/Fonts/Roboto/Roboto-BoldItalic.ttf);
   font-weight: bold;
   font-style: italic;
}

h1 { font-size: 2em; }
h2 { font-size: 1.5em; }
h3 { font-size: 1.17em; }
h5 { font-size: .83em; }
h6 { font-size: .75em; }
.footnote { font-size: 0.8em; }

@page {
  margin: 1.5cm, 5cm, 1.5cm, 1.5cm;
  border: 0pt solid white;
} 

body
{
  font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;
  font-size: 12px;
  line-height: 120%;
  /*font-weight: 300;*/
}

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, 
h6, pre, hr {
    margin: 1em, 0, 0, 0;
}

p {
  margin: 0, 0, 1em, 0;
}

pre,
code,
kbd,
samp,
tt {
  /*font-size: 10px;*/
  color: #333333;
}

h1 {
  /*font-size: 26px;*/
}

h1, h2, h3 {
  font-weight: bold;
  color: #446CB3;
}

h2 {
  font-weight: bold;
  /*font-size: 14px;*/
}

a {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #D35400;
}

img {
  width: 500px;
  height: auto;
}

.page-break
{
  page-break-before: always;
}

/*.code pre {
  white-space: pre;
  white-space: pre-wrap;
  word-break: break-all;
  word-wrap: break-word;
}
*/

table {
  width: 65%;
  -pdf-keep-with-next: true;
}

th {
    color:#FFFFFF;
    background:#051F43;
    padding:3px;
    text-align: left;
    vertical-align:top;
    border: 0px solid #FFF;
}

tr {
    color:#000000;
    font-weight:normal;
    border-color: transparent;
    border: 2px solid #FFF;
}

td {
    background-color: #D6D6D6;
    padding:4px;
    text-align:left;
    vertical-align:top;
    border: 0px solid #FFF;
}




/*https://github.com/richleland/pygments-css*/
.codehilite {
  /*background-color: #333;*/
  /*padding: 1em;*/
}

.codehilite .hll { background-color: #ffffcc }
.codehilite .c { color: #999988; font-style: italic } /* Comment */
.codehilite .err { color: #a61717; background-color: #e3d2d2 } /* Error */
.codehilite .k { font-weight: bold } /* Keyword */
.codehilite .o { font-weight: bold } /* Operator */
.codehilite .cm { color: #999988; font-style: italic } /* Comment.Multiline */
.codehilite .cp { color: #999999; font-weight: bold } /* Comment.Preproc */
.codehilite .c1 { color: #999988; font-style: italic } /* Comment.Single */
.codehilite .cs { color: #999999; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic } /* Comment.Special */
.codehilite .gd { color: #000000; background-color: #ffdddd } /* Generic.Deleted */
.codehilite .ge { font-style: italic } /* Generic.Emph */
.codehilite .gr { color: #aa0000 } /* Generic.Error */
.codehilite .gh { color: #999999 } /* Generic.Heading */
.codehilite .gi { color: #000000; background-color: #ddffdd } /* Generic.Inserted */
.codehilite .go { color: #888888 } /* Generic.Output */
.codehilite .gp { color: #555555 } /* Generic.Prompt */
.codehilite .gs { font-weight: bold } /* Generic.Strong */
.codehilite .gu { color: #aaaaaa } /* Generic.Subheading */
.codehilite .gt { color: #aa0000 } /* Generic.Traceback */
.codehilite .kc { font-weight: bold } /* Keyword.Constant */
.codehilite .kd { font-weight: bold } /* Keyword.Declaration */
.codehilite .kn { font-weight: bold } /* Keyword.Namespace */
.codehilite .kp { font-weight: bold } /* Keyword.Pseudo */
.codehilite .kr { font-weight: bold } /* Keyword.Reserved */
.codehilite .kt { color: #445588; font-weight: bold } /* Keyword.Type */
.codehilite .m { color: #009999 } /* Literal.Number */
.codehilite .s { color: #bb8844 } /* Literal.String */
.codehilite .na { color: #008080 } /* Name.Attribute */
.codehilite .nb { color: #999999 } /* Name.Builtin */
.codehilite .nc { color: #445588; font-weight: bold } /* Name.Class */
.codehilite .no { color: #008080 } /* Name.Constant */
.codehilite .ni { color: #800080 } /* Name.Entity */
.codehilite .ne { color: #990000; font-weight: bold } /* Name.Exception */
.codehilite .nf { color: #990000; font-weight: bold } /* Name.Function */
.codehilite .nn { color: #555555 } /* Name.Namespace */
.codehilite .nt { color: #000080 } /* Name.Tag */
.codehilite .nv { color: #008080 } /* Name.Variable */
.codehilite .ow { font-weight: bold } /* Operator.Word */
.codehilite .w { color: #bbbbbb } /* Text.Whitespace */
.codehilite .mf { color: #009999 } /* Literal.Number.Float */
.codehilite .mh { color: #009999 } /* Literal.Number.Hex */
.codehilite .mi { color: #009999 } /* Literal.Number.Integer */
.codehilite .mo { color: #009999 } /* Literal.Number.Oct */
.codehilite .sb { color: #bb8844 } /* Literal.String.Backtick */
.codehilite .sc { color: #bb8844 } /* Literal.String.Char */
.codehilite .sd { color: #bb8844 } /* Literal.String.Doc */
.codehilite .s2 { color: #bb8844 } /* Literal.String.Double */
.codehilite .se { color: #bb8844 } /* Literal.String.Escape */
.codehilite .sh { color: #bb8844 } /* Literal.String.Heredoc */
.codehilite .si { color: #bb8844 } /* Literal.String.Interpol */
.codehilite .sx { color: #bb8844 } /* Literal.String.Other */
.codehilite .sr { color: #808000 } /* Literal.String.Regex */
.codehilite .s1 { color: #bb8844 } /* Literal.String.Single */
.codehilite .ss { color: #bb8844 } /* Literal.String.Symbol */
.codehilite .bp { color: #999999 } /* Name.Builtin.Pseudo */
.codehilite .vc { color: #008080 } /* Name.Variable.Class */
.codehilite .vg { color: #008080 } /* Name.Variable.Global */
.codehilite .vi { color: #008080 } /* Name.Variable.Instance */
.codehilite .il { color: #009999 } /* Literal.Number.Integer.Long */

md2pdf.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import os
import sys

import markdown
from xhtml2pdf import pisa

"""
## Inspired by 

https://github.com/walle/gimli
https://gist.github.com/SpotlightKid/0efb4d07f28af1c8fc1b

## Documentation of underlying tools
http://xhtml2pdf.appspot.com/static/pisa-en.html

Required packages: markdown2 xhtml2pdf html5lib pygments
"""

DEFAULT_EXTENSIONS = [
    'footnotes',
    'tables'
]

extension_configs = {
    'footnotes': {
        'BACKLINK_TEXT': '',
    },
}

def main(md_file, css_file):
    # read css file
    from xhtml2pdf.default import DEFAULT_CSS
    if css_file is not None:
        with open(css_file) as f:
            DEFAULT_CSS += f.read()
    
    # read markdown
    with open(md_file) as f:
        md = f.read()

    # to html
    html = markdown.markdown(md, extensions=DEFAULT_EXTENSIONS, extension_configs=extension_configs)
    print(html)

    base_with_path = os.path.splitext(sys.argv[1])[0]
    basename = os.path.basename(base_with_path)

    with open('%s.pdf'%basename, "wb") as fp:
        # convert HTML to PDF
        status = pisa.CreatePDF(html, dest=fp, default_css=DEFAULT_CSS)
        return status.err

if __name__ == '__main__':
    if len(sys.argv) == 1:
        print('Usage: md2pdf input.md style.css')
        print('       You can also set a CSS file as env var.')
        print('       E.g. export MD2PDF_CSS=style.css')
        sys.exit()
    if len(sys.argv) == 2:
        css = os.getenv('MD2PDF_CSS')
    if len(sys.argv) == 3:
        css = sys.argv[2]

    main(sys.argv[1], css)