Convert to PDF
Text to PDF, in any script
This tool turns .txt files into PDF pages in your browser. Text is drawn onto A4 pages as images, so any script your device can show, including Hindi, Arabic or Chinese, comes out correctly. The catch is that the PDF text cannot be selected.
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TXT · up to 50 files · 50 MB each
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How to use Text to PDF
Add TXT files
Drop .txt files on the box, or click to browse. Up to 50 files.
Choose the output
One PDF with all files, or one PDF per file.
Convert and download
Press Convert and download your PDF.
Why the text becomes pictures
Putting real, selectable text in a PDF means embedding a font that contains every character you use. For English that is easy. For Hindi, with its joined letter forms, or for Arabic and Chinese, it is a large and error-prone job to do in a browser without shipping megabytes of font data.
PlumPDF takes a simpler route. It lays out your text with the fonts already on your device, wraps long lines to the page, and draws each A4 page onto a canvas at 150 DPI. The canvas goes into the PDF as an image. What you see on screen is what the PDF shows, in any script.
The consequences are plain: text cannot be selected, copied or searched, and file size is larger than a text PDF would be. Plain monospace layouts such as source code are not preserved; long lines wrap. Files over 150,000 characters are rejected.
Questions about Text to PDF
Can I select or search the text in the PDF?
No. Each page is drawn as a picture of the text. That is the trade-off that lets Hindi, Arabic, Chinese and emoji work without bundling large fonts. If you need searchable text, create the PDF from a word processor instead.
Does it support Hindi and other non-Latin scripts?
Yes, as long as your device has a font for the script. PlumPDF uses its own font for Latin text and falls back to your system fonts for everything else, then draws the result as it appears on your screen.
What page size and layout are used?
A4 pages at 150 DPI, with margins, a sans-serif font and long lines wrapped to the page width. Line breaks in your file are kept. There are no options for font, size or margins.
How long can the text file be?
Up to 150,000 characters per file, and 50 MB. That is roughly 75 pages of dense text. Longer files are refused with a message so the browser does not run out of memory.
Which text encodings work?
UTF-8, which is what nearly every modern editor saves. Files saved in older encodings may show odd characters where accents or non-English letters should be.
Is it safe to convert text files to PDF online?
Yes, in the sense that matters here: PlumPDF never receives your files. The conversion runs inside your browser tab, so nothing is uploaded, and closing the tab discards everything. You can check this by turning off your internet connection after the page loads and converting anyway.