Why use SnapFetch
- Quick, simple conversion with no formatting surprises
- No account needed, and the file is gone from our servers within the hour
- Works with text files of any length
How it works
- 1
Choose or drag in a .txt file
- 2
We lay it out as a PDF document
- 3
Download your PDF
- 4
Files are deleted from our servers after 1 hour
When to use TXT to PDF
For turning logs, notes, exports or code listings into something you can attach, print or archive with real page breaks. Text is laid out in a readable flow with line breaks preserved. If your text file uses tabs for alignment, check the result - tab rendering differs from what a code editor shows.
Specifications & limits
- Accepted input
- Plain text (.txt)
- Encoding
- UTF-8 handled correctly, including accented and non-Latin characters
- Preserved
- Line breaks and blank-line spacing
- Maximum file size
- 20 MB per upload
- Account required
- No - no signup, no email, no watermark
- File retention
- Deleted from our servers 1 hour after upload
Troubleshooting
Characters render as boxes or question marks
The file is probably not UTF-8. Re-save it as UTF-8 in your editor and convert again.
Long lines are cut off at the page edge
Very long unbroken lines cannot always wrap cleanly. Add line breaks in the source before converting.
The upload is rejected before anything happens
The file is over the 20 MB cap. Compress it first, or split a long PDF into smaller files and process them separately.
References
The published specification for the formats involved, and the open-source software that actually performs this conversion.
- LibreOffice
The office suite that performs our Office and OpenDocument conversions.
Frequently asked questions
Yes - the text flows into the PDF the same way it's arranged in the original file.