diff --git a/.agents/rules/working-files.md b/.agents/rules/working-files.md
index 5b71c41..6ca2993 100644
--- a/.agents/rules/working-files.md
+++ b/.agents/rules/working-files.md
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ pinned.
 
 ## Committing
 
-Scratch patterns are in `.gitignore` and must never be committed. Note that
-`.gitattributes` LFS-tracks `.glb/.fbx/.mp4/.task` but **not `.blend`** — an
-80 MB master committed today goes into git proper, not LFS. Add `.blend` to
-`.gitattributes` first if masters are ever to be tracked.
+Scratch patterns are in `.gitignore` and must never be committed. `.blend`,
+`.zprj`, `.obj`, `.npy`/`.npz` and the rest of the heavy formats are LFS-tracked
+in `.gitattributes`, so a pinned master can be committed safely — but note that
+`.png`/`.jpg` deliberately are **not** (≈250 are already tracked raw; adding them
+would rewrite every one without shrinking history). A lane's QA renders are
+scratch for that reason too, not just a disk one.
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 501fb41..3f5b08a 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
 *.npy filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
 *.npz filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
 
+# Generated .humans/ PDFs (tools/humans_to_pdf.py). Each regeneration is a whole
+# new ~2 MB blob, so LFS from the start — unlike png/jpg above, none are tracked
+# raw yet, so there is no history to rewrite.
+*.pdf filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
+
 # Reallusion CC / iClone asset containers
 *.iAvatar filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
 *.iavatar filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
diff --git a/.humans/README.md b/.humans/README.md
index af7c35e..61302a7 100644
--- a/.humans/README.md
+++ b/.humans/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # .humans/ — pages written for people, not agents
 
-Self-contained HTML pages explaining how parts of this repo work, for reading in
-a browser. Same convention as `ariki-game/.humans/`.
+Explainers about how parts of this repo work. Same convention as
+`ariki-game/.humans/`: an HTML page per topic, read in a browser.
 
 The operating detail lives in `.claude/skills/` and `.agents/` and is written for
 whoever is driving the tools. These pages are the **explanation** — what we built,
@@ -10,7 +10,21 @@ skill/wiki is the source of truth.
 
 | page | about |
 |---|---|
-| `marvelous-designer.html` | How we author Ariki's garments as real sewn cloth in Marvelous Designer — the process, what's been made, the traps, what's still unsolved. Written for Özlem and Jeremy. |
+| `marvelous-designer` | How we author Ariki's garments as real sewn cloth in Marvelous Designer — the process, what's been made, the traps, what's still unsolved. Written for Özlem and Jeremy. |
 
-Images are referenced relatively (`../tools/tailor/screenshots/…`), so open these
-from inside the repo rather than copying the file out on its own.
+## HTML is the source; the PDF is what you send
+
+The HTML references screenshots relatively (`../tools/tailor/screenshots/…`), so it
+only renders from inside a checkout — mail someone the `.html` on its own and they
+get broken images. The **PDF has the images baked in** and travels as one file.
+
+Edit the HTML, then regenerate:
+
+```
+python tools/humans_to_pdf.py --all              # or a single page
+```
+
+That drives headless Chrome, so what you get is exactly what the browser shows.
+Each page carries an `@media print` block controlling the paper layout — without it
+the wide tables and the pipeline diagram, which merely scroll on screen, get cut
+off at the page edge. Commit the HTML and the PDF together so they don't drift.
diff --git a/.humans/marvelous-designer.html b/.humans/marvelous-designer.html
index 82bf690..ed18754 100644
--- a/.humans/marvelous-designer.html
+++ b/.humans/marvelous-designer.html
@@ -114,6 +114,36 @@
     .callout p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
     .meta { color: var(--muted); font-size: .85rem; border-top: 1px solid var(--line); margin-top: 3.5rem; padding-top: 1.2rem; }
     hr { border: 0; border-top: 1px solid var(--line); margin: 3rem 0 0; }
+
+    /* PDF export — `python tools/humans_to_pdf.py` drives headless Chrome.
+       Screen rules scroll wide content; on paper it would simply be cut off. */
+    @media print {
+      @page { size: A4; margin: 12mm; }
+      html, body {
+        background: #0b1113 !important;
+        -webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;
+        print-color-adjust: exact;
+      }
+      body { padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5; }
+      h1 { font-size: 26pt; margin-bottom: .6rem; }
+      h2 { font-size: 13pt; margin: 20pt 0 6pt; }
+      h3 { font-size: 10.5pt; margin: 12pt 0 4pt; }
+      p, li { max-width: none; }
+      a { text-decoration: none; }
+      /* Wide content is scrollable on screen; on paper it must reflow. */
+      .wrap { overflow: visible; }
+      table { min-width: 0; font-size: 8.5pt; }
+      th, td { padding: .5rem .7rem; }
+      .flow { padding: .8rem 1rem; overflow: visible; }
+      .flow pre { font-size: 7pt; line-height: 1.5; }
+      /* Never split a figure, table row, callout or diagram across a page. */
+      figure, .callout, .flow, .wrap, tr { break-inside: avoid; page-break-inside: avoid; }
+      h1, h2, h3 { break-after: avoid; page-break-after: avoid; }
+      figure img { max-height: 16cm; width: auto; margin: 0 auto; }
+      figcaption { font-size: 8.5pt; }
+      .shots { display: block; }
+      .meta { margin-top: 20pt; font-size: 8pt; }
+    }
   </style>
 </head>
 <body>
diff --git a/.humans/marvelous-designer.pdf b/.humans/marvelous-designer.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb7b8ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.humans/marvelous-designer.pdf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:0a25790e9203bef3e27fdbc2bd9d1b32a42b61a262b1ad8fa4077b382bba5a68
+size 1848450
diff --git a/tools/humans_to_pdf.py b/tools/humans_to_pdf.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bc5aa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/humans_to_pdf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Render a .humans/ HTML page to a self-contained PDF via headless Chrome.
+
+The pages in `.humans/` reference screenshots relatively
+(`../tools/tailor/screenshots/...`), so the HTML only works from inside a repo
+checkout. The PDF embeds those images, which makes it the thing you actually
+send to someone.
+
+The HTML stays the source of truth: edit the page, re-run this, commit both.
+
+    python tools/humans_to_pdf.py .humans/marvelous-designer.html
+    python tools/humans_to_pdf.py --all
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tempfile
+from pathlib import Path
+
+CHROME_CANDIDATES = [
+    r"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe",
+    r"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe",
+    r"C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe",
+    r"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe",
+    "/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome",
+    "/usr/bin/google-chrome",
+    "/usr/bin/chromium",
+]
+
+
+def find_chrome() -> Path:
+    for c in CHROME_CANDIDATES:
+        p = Path(c)
+        if p.exists():
+            return p
+    raise SystemExit("error: no Chrome or Edge found; tried:\n  "
+                     + "\n  ".join(CHROME_CANDIDATES))
+
+
+def to_pdf(html: Path, chrome: Path) -> Path:
+    out = html.with_suffix(".pdf")
+    # Chrome refuses to reuse a running profile, so give it a throwaway one.
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as profile:
+        cmd = [
+            str(chrome),
+            "--headless=new",
+            "--disable-gpu",
+            f"--user-data-dir={profile}",
+            "--no-pdf-header-footer",       # drop the URL/date furniture
+            "--virtual-time-budget=15000",  # let local images decode first
+            f"--print-to-pdf={out}",
+            html.resolve().as_uri(),
+        ]
+        r = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=180)
+    if not out.exists():
+        sys.stderr.write(r.stderr or "")
+        raise SystemExit(f"error: Chrome produced no PDF for {html}")
+    return out
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__,
+                                 formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
+    ap.add_argument("page", type=Path, nargs="?", help="HTML page under .humans/")
+    ap.add_argument("--all", action="store_true", help="render every .humans/*.html")
+    args = ap.parse_args()
+
+    repo = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+    if args.all:
+        pages = sorted((repo / ".humans").glob("*.html"))
+    elif args.page:
+        pages = [args.page]
+    else:
+        ap.error("give a page, or --all")
+
+    if not pages:
+        print("nothing to render")
+        return 0
+
+    chrome = find_chrome()
+    print(f"using {chrome.name}")
+    for html in pages:
+        if not html.is_file():
+            print(f"  skip (missing): {html}")
+            continue
+        out = to_pdf(html, chrome)
+        print(f"  {out.stat().st_size / 1048576:.2f} MB  {out}")
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())