How to create PDF slide by using Sphinx + xhtml2pdf

00-index.txt

- Install xhtml2pdf (former "pisa").
  http://www.xhtml2pdf.com/
- Install Takao Font (TakaoPGothic.ttf).
  https://launchpad.net/takao-fonts/
- Modify conf.py as below.
- Modify Makefile as below.

conf.py

### Tune the html options ###

# While you can use any themes, some themes are not so good for slides.
html_theme = 'nature'

# You may want to hide the sidebar in the slides.
html_theme_options = {
    "nosidebar": "true",
}

### Add the below code to conf.py ###

import docutils.nodes

class nextpage(docutils.nodes.Element): pass

def visit_nextpage_html(self, node):
    self.body.append(self.starttag(node, 'div'))
    self.body.append('<pdf:nextpage />')

def depart_nextpage_html(self, node):
    self.body.append('</div>')

def process_nextpage(app, doctree, docname):
    for node in doctree.traverse(docutils.nodes.section):
        if node.parent is doctree and doctree.index(node) == 0:
            continue
        node.parent.insert(node.parent.index(node), nextpage())

def init_nextpage(app):
    if not app.config.slide_mode:
        return
    app.add_stylesheet('slide.css')
    app.add_node(nextpage, html=(visit_nextpage_html, depart_nextpage_html))
    app.connect('doctree-resolved', process_nextpage)

def setup(app):
    app.add_config_value('slide_mode', False, True)
    app.connect('builder-inited', init_nextpage)
    # app.add_stylesheet('custom.css')

Makefile

### add the below code to Makefile ###

pdf:
	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b html -D slide_mode=1 $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/pdf
	xhtml2pdf $(BUILDDIR)/pdf/slide.html _build/pdf/slide.pdf
	@echo
	@echo "Build finished. The PDF file is at $(BUILDDIR)/pdf/slide.pdf."

slide.css

@font-face {
  font-family: "Takao";
  src: url(_static/TakaoPGothic.ttf);
}

@page {
  size: A4 landscape;
  margin: 1.0cm;
}

body {
  font-size: 24pt;
  line-height: 120%;
}

body,
div.sphinxsidebar h3,
div.sphinxsidebar h4,
div.body h1,
div.body h2,
div.body h3,
div.body h4,
div.body h5,
div.body h6 {
  font-family: "Takao", sans-serif;
}

div, p, hr, h1, h2 {
  margin: 0px;
  padding: 0px;
}

h1 {
  margin-top: 10cm;
}