Convert RTF to PDF without uploading it

Drop the .rtf file onto the converter at the top of this page — it starts converting immediately, and a Download PDF button appears on the file's row when it is done. It is free with no signup, no watermark and no file-count paywall, and you can drop up to 20 files in one batch.

No. The RTF is parsed and the PDF is generated entirely inside your browser tab using JavaScript. Nothing about your document — not the text, not the filename — is transmitted anywhere, which is why the tool also works with your network disconnected.

Yes. Bold, italics, underline, strikethrough, superscript and subscript, font sizes, text and highlight colours, serif/sans/monospace font choice, alignment (including justified text), indents, spacing, tab stops, bullets, tables, page breaks, embedded PNG and JPEG pictures and clickable hyperlinks are all carried into the PDF. The one thing that is dropped is vector artwork stored as a Windows metafile (WMF/EMF) — the converter tells you when a file contained any.

By default the converter reads the page width, height and margins recorded in the RTF itself, so a document written for A4 stays A4. You can override this and force US Letter (8.5 × 11 in) or A4 (210 × 297 mm) from the Page size dropdown.

Yes. Add all the files, tick 'Combine every file into one PDF', and the converter appends them in the order you added them into a single document rather than producing one PDF per file.

Yes. The converter reads RTF's Unicode escapes as well as the legacy Windows code pages (cp1252 for Western European text, cp1251 for Cyrillic, cp1250 for Central European, and the rest of the cp125x family). Western text uses the fonts every PDF reader already has built in, which keeps the file tiny — around 5 KB for a one-page letter. Cyrillic and Greek text embeds Noto Serif or Noto Sans instead, so the PDF is self-contained anywhere. CJK scripts are not covered by the bundled fonts.

No. That is the main reason to use this converter. Word, WordPad and LibreOffice can all export RTF to PDF, but this runs in any modern browser — including on a locked-down work machine, a Chromebook, or a phone — with nothing to install.

RTF renders differently depending on which app opens it, and many portals simply reject the extension. A PDF looks identical everywhere and is accepted essentially universally, which is why RTF is usually a working format and PDF is what you actually send.