diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5ee9140bc..35be206dc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ snap/.snapcraft
 # Manual folder
 man/manual.log
 man/manual.tex
+man/*.pdf
+man/*.html
 
 # CLion
 .idea
 /.metadata/
 cmake-*
-man/manual.pdf
-man/manual.html
diff --git a/man/build-html.sh b/man/build-html.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d9c4aa1c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/build-html.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+echo Building $1.html
+pandoc $1.md -o $1.html -s --number-sections --toc --css manual.css
diff --git a/man/build-pdf.sh b/man/build-pdf.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9930ef01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/build-pdf.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# This uses installed fonts, which vary between systems
+# Segoe UI and Consolas are standard in Windows 10, DejaVu is more common on Linux
+echo Building $1.pdf
+
+MainFont="Segoe UI"
+MonoFont="Consolas"
+
+is_font_installed() {
+    fontname=$1
+    fc-list | grep -i "$fontname" >/dev/null
+}
+
+if ! is_font_installed "$MainFont"; then
+    MainFont="DejaVu Sans"
+fi
+if ! is_font_installed "$MonoFont"; then
+    MonoFont="DejaVu Sans Mono"
+fi
+
+# echo Using $MainFont / $MonoFont
+
+pandoc $1.md -o $1.pdf -s --number-sections --toc \
+    --pdf-engine=xelatex \
+    --listings \
+    -f markdown \
+    -V mainfont="$MainFont" \
+    -V monofont="$Consolas" \
+    -V geometry:a4paper \
+    -V geometry:margin=2.4cm \
+    -V subparagraph \
+    -H manual-style.tex
diff --git a/man/buildman.sh b/man/buildman.sh
index 4c91e0ed6..cd198071f 100755
--- a/man/buildman.sh
+++ b/man/buildman.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # To install required tools in debian:
 # sudo apt-get install pandoc texlive-latex-base texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-latex-extra
+# For Windows you can use the MiKTeX installer https://miktex.org/download
 
-pandoc manual.md -o manual.pdf -s --number-sections --toc -f markdown --pdf-engine=xelatex --listings -V mainfont="Segoe UI" -V monofont="Consolas" -V geometry:a4paper -V geometry:margin=2.4cm -H manual-style.tex
+./build-pdf.sh manual
+./build-html.sh manual
 
-pandoc manual.md -o manual.html -s --number-sections --toc --css manual.css
-
-pandoc reference-cfg-format.md -o reference-cfg-format.pdf -s --number-sections --toc
-pandoc reference-cfg-format.md -o reference-cfg-format.html -s --number-sections --toc
+./build-pdf.sh reference-cfg-format
+./build-html.sh reference-cfg-format