Show HN: Mdpdf a 2k line C CLI to convert Markdown to tiny PDFs

I have always searched for a simple tool which can convert a MD document to a well styled small PDF, just like a GitHub Readme.

This was inspired by TinyPDF https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46316968

I also used this project to get familiar with agentic coding, which I had dreaded before.

mdpdf supports:

- using the included PDF fonts to generate tiny valid PDFs

- outputs as A4 or Letter depending on your locale

- plenty of common MD syntax: code blocks, inline code, lists, tables, and jpg and png images

That's it. It covers probably most of the use cases and can help to simply convert a Markdown write-up to a PDF to share.

GitHub: https://github.com/schicho/mdpdf

A simple make call should build it for you.