Badge and Print

Every published page on the free plan displays a small "Published with Unmarkdown" badge at the bottom of the document. The badge links back to Unmarkdown and indicates that the page was created with the platform.

• The badge appears below your document content, outside the main content area
• It is non-intrusive and styled to complement the template's design
• The badge is visible on screen but hidden automatically when printing
• Free plan: badge is always shown and cannot be removed
• Pro plan: badge can be hidden from the publish settings panel

On the Pro plan, you can toggle badge visibility per document in the publish settings panel. When hidden, no Unmarkdown branding appears on the published page. This setting is saved per document, so you can show the badge on some documents and hide it on others.

If you downgrade from Pro to the free plan, the badge reappears on all published documents automatically.

When publishing via the API, use the hide_badge parameter to control badge visibility:

curl -X POST https://api.unmarkdown.com/v1/documents/doc_abc123/publish \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer um_your_api_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "hide_badge": true }'

The hide_badge parameter is only honored for Pro plan users. Free plan API requests that include hide_badge: true are silently ignored.

All Unmarkdown templates include print-specific CSS activated by @media print. Print styles activate when a visitor prints a published page or uses their browser's "Save as PDF" function.

• The Unmarkdown badge is hidden automatically in print output
• The published page header and navigation elements are removed
• Page breaks are inserted intelligently to avoid splitting headings from their content
• Code blocks and tables stay together on the same page where possible
• Background colors and decorative elements are simplified for printer-friendly output
• White background is enforced for clean printing
• Link URLs are shown inline for print readability
• Margins adjust to fit standard paper sizes (A4, Letter)

The combination of template styling and print optimization means that printing a published page produces output comparable to a purpose-built PDF. For many use cases, printing directly from the browser is a viable alternative to generating a separate PDF file.

If you need a downloadable PDF file rather than browser printing, the Pro plan includes direct PDF downloads from the editor. See the Downloads page for details on download formats.