Create your first PDF¶

Prefer to try it before setting up Python? Open the editable invoice notebook to render, preview, and download a PDF in Colab.

Install Fullbleed into your Python environment:

python -m pip install fullbleed

Save this as hello.py:

from pathlib import Path
import fullbleed

html = "<h1>Invoice INV-1042</h1><p>Consulting: USD 1,200.00</p>"
css = "@page { size: A4; margin: 20mm; } h1 { color: #175c52; }"
pdf = fullbleed.PdfEngine().render_pdf(html, css)
Path("invoice.pdf").write_bytes(pdf)

Run it and open the resulting file:

python hello.py
python -m fullbleed inspect pdf invoice.pdf --json

The font and preview walkthrough shows how to embed the bundled Inter font and preview the finalized PDF.

Start with a complete project¶

For a component-based report with vendored assets and verification output, run these commands in a new directory:

mkdir my-report
cd my-report
python -m fullbleed init .
python report.py

Open output/report.pdf. The project includes Python components, CSS, bundled Inter, Bootstrap assets, a PNG preview, and structured diagnostics. Read its SCAFFOLDING.md before reorganizing the project.

For a task-specific starter:

python -m fullbleed new local invoice my-invoice
python -m fullbleed new local accessible my-accessible-document

Bring your own HTML and CSS¶

python -m fullbleed render --html invoice.html --css invoice.css --out invoice.pdf

Use explicit local assets. See supported CSS and known gaps when adapting an existing template.

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