Rail-Fax Alpha

Send a fax.
No fax machine.

Compose a cover sheet that prints exactly as the receiving machine will print it. Keep the record as text you can search — not a picture of your own words.

What works today

Cover sheet composerFill it in, print it, send it from any machine. Live
Record as dataDownload a plain-text record. Searchable in twenty years. Live
Works offlineInstalls to your home screen. No connection needed. Live
Page rendering engineProduces a true 1-bit page at 1728×2156, 203.2×196 dpi. Proven
Sending over the phone lineNeeds a fax number and a carrier. Not connected yet. Not yet
Email in, fax outMail an attachment, it goes out as a fax. Not yet

Two of those say Not yet on purpose. Nothing here pretends to do something it cannot do — if it says Live, it works right now on this page.

Compose

To
From
Message
Exactly what prints 72 cols · 1-bit

Monospace, pure black on white, 72 columns, US Letter — the shape a fax machine actually renders.

Found a problem?

Tell us and it gets fixed. This is alpha. Rough edges are expected — reporting them is the fastest way they die.
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