PDF to Typst

PDF to Typst gives a fixed document an editable next chapter. It recovers text and useful structure, then writes Typst source you can simplify, restyle, and compile locally.

Use it when

• you are moving your own PDF into a Typst workflow;
• the original source is unavailable;
• content recovery matters more than matching every pixel.

If the author published an original source archive, use that instead. Choose PDF to LaTeX when a LaTeX class or submission is the destination, and PDF to Markdown for plain notes.

Convert the document

1. Open PDF to Typst, or run /pdf-to-typst.
2. Choose a PDF up to 128 MB.
3. Start the conversion.
4. Review the Typst source and extracted files.
5. Copy it, save converted.typ, or create a Typst project and compile it.

Selectable PDFs go through Oleafly’s local text-layer pipeline. It reconstructs reading order, finds likely headings and equations, extracts figures, and then converts the recovered structure to Typst. Likely scans can be transcribed page by page with a compatible Ollama vision model on your device.

Review the new source

Look first at multi-column reading order, footnotes, equation symbols, table cells, figure captions, and references. Then choose a Typst template and rebuild page-level design deliberately.

Scanned pages

Vision transcription is limited to 50 pages and requires a local Ollama model that can read images. Text-layer conversion does not need an AI model. The PDF stays on your device in both cases.

Only convert material you own or have permission to reuse. A reconstructed source is a working draft, not proof that the original document’s structure or accessibility has been preserved.