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Convert Markdown to JPEG Online

Paste a Markdown table below, edit it if you need to, and get JPEG back. The conversion runs in your browser, so nothing is uploaded, there is no size limit and there is no signup.

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What Markdown is

A Markdown table is rows of pipe-separated cells with a dashed rule under the header. Alignment is set by placing colons in that rule.

README files, GitHub issues, documentation sites, Obsidian and Notion.

What JPEG is

A lossy image format designed for photographs, where losing a little detail in a gradient is invisible.

Places that will not accept a PNG upload.

What changes when you convert Markdown to JPEG

Leading and trailing pipes are optional and both are handled. A pipe the author escaped with a backslash is read as data rather than a column break, which is the usual reason a hand-written table parses one column too wide.

The same render as PNG, saved as JPEG. It is the worse choice for a table and it is worth knowing why: JPEG compresses by discarding detail around sharp edges, and a table is nothing but sharp edges. Letters get a visible halo and hairline rules blur. It also has no transparency, so a background colour is always painted rather than left clear.

What carries over from Markdown to JPEG

Markdown records 2 things about a table that JPEG has no way to hold.

Nothing in JPEG records that the first row is a header. It is drawn at the top and looks like one, which is all that is left of the distinction.

JPEG is the end of the line for this data. Reading the table back out of it is a separate and much harder problem than writing it, so keep the Markdown if you will need the values again.

Questions

How do I convert Markdown to JPEG?

Paste your Markdown into the box above or drop the file onto it. Check the table in the grid, then copy or download the JPEG from the output panel. It takes one step and the data never leaves your browser.

Can a Markdown table cell contain a line break?

Not directly. The row ends at the newline. Use a <br> tag inside the cell, which every common Markdown renderer passes through to the HTML output.

Should I use JPEG or PNG for a table?

PNG, unless something you are uploading to refuses it. JPEG was designed for photographs and its compression damages exactly the kind of high-contrast edges that text and table rules are made of.

Can I convert the JPEG back to Markdown afterwards?

Not mechanically. JPEG keeps how the table looks, not what it held, so going back means reading the values off the page again. Keep the Markdown if you will need it.

Is there a limit on file size?

No. The work happens on your own machine, so the limit is your machine's memory rather than an upload cap. A file with tens of thousands of rows converts in a second or two.

Is my data uploaded anywhere?

No. The parsing and generating are done by JavaScript running on this page. You can watch the network tab while you convert and see that nothing is sent.

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