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Markdown to PDF in landscape orientation

Most documents are taller than they are wide. The exceptions - wide tables, score cards, before/after layouts - read worse in portrait. Landscape isn't fancy; it's correct for the shape of the data.

By Elia Kuratli

Updated June 11, 2026·2 min read

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When landscape is the right call

Tables with 6+ columns of substantive data.
Side-by-side before / after layouts.
Score cards, dashboards, KPI tables.
Image-led documents where the photos themselves are landscape.

When landscape is the wrong call

Long-form prose. People read text down a page, not across.
Anything you'll print and bind.
Resumes, cover letters, formal letters - readers expect portrait.

Workarounds today

Open the exported PDF in any reader and rotate the pages 90°. macOS Preview, Adobe Reader, Skim, Foxit, Edge's PDF viewer - all support 'rotate page' as a one-click action.

The downside: the PDF metadata still says portrait. For a sent document that's fine; for printing it can confuse the print driver. If you're heading to a printer, set the orientation in the print dialog.

FAQ

When will native landscape ship?

Soon - it's a small change. The blocker is making the cover page layouts work correctly in both orientations.

Can I have a single landscape page in an otherwise portrait document?

Not directly. Mixed orientation is a Word feature; PDF readers handle it but the converter does not generate mixed pages today.

What's the size of the rendered page?

A4 portrait is 595×842pt (210×297mm). Landscape is the same dimensions rotated. US Letter is similar but ~14pt different in width / height.

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