Pandoc
Summary
Pandoc is a universal converter that allows for conversion between all sorts of file formats including markdown, pdf, html, epub, docx, rtf, etc.
Markdown
YAML Options
fontfamily: set the font family.- Limited to .sty files
- if using another engine, like
xelatex, this needs to be changed tomainfont
- Heading stuff that appears in a PDF
titlesubtitleauthordate
pagenumbering: gobble: suppress paginationheader-includesallows for adding latex pacakges
Terminal Options
Engine
It’s possible to set the rendering engine to something other than the default pdflatex. For example, if one wants to use any font available system-wide, xelatex is a good option.
pandoc --pdf-engine=xelatex font-test.md -o out.pdf