WeasyPrint page size wrong. (8.27in x 11.69 in)

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I am working on a project that uses WeasyPrint to output documents. for the life of me I cannot figure out why it is defaulting the page size to a non standard page size.

I would expect it to default to 8.5 x 11 inches. instead the pdfs come out as 8.27 x 11.69 inches.

for the life of me I cannot figure out why the page size is so off.

any ideas?

please note, I have GROSSLY changed the content to smaller than a page, still same result — Nathan Tregillus, Apr 23 '15 at 18:45
Why do you think that is a non-standard size? It's A4, which is standard almost everywhere in the world. — Daniel Roseman, Apr 23 '15 at 18:47
aaaand you are correct, though I can't find where in the documentation states how you override the page size, but I finally found I should use the css @page tag. wish this was clearer in the docs — Nathan Tregillus, Apr 23 '15 at 23:57

score 28 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 23 '15 at 23:58

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I found that the css tag @page would allow me to change the actual page size of what the pdf would generate to:

        @page {
            size: Letter;
            margin: 0in 0.44in 0.2in 0.44in;
        }

good times trying to figure that one out.

answered Apr 23 '15 at 23:58

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You can see the available page sizes here https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@page/size – gdvalderrama Mar 29 '22 at 06:36

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 29 '22 at 06:38

You can set CSS features for create pdf with weasyprint.

from weasyprint import HTML, CSS
css = CSS(string=''' @page {size: 315mm 445.5mm;} ''')
HTML(URLs[idx]).write_pdf(f'{names[i]}_{idx}.pdf', stylesheets=[css])
print('PDF is ready.')

With this way the page is saved more completely.

WeasyPrint page size wrong. (8.27in x 11.69 in)

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