500 KB RTF sample

An RTF file of exactly 512,000 bytes. It is a valid Rich Text Format file, generated by this site. Compare its checksum and test it with the parser used by your application. Use it wherever you need a 500 KB sample, test or dummy RTF file.

sample-rtf-500kb.rtf

500 KB512,000 bytes

Download 500 KB RTF

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Type: application/rtf
SHA-256: d04b0a49f15ea527613b8778a1b62cd5f76ddbde7a8c89829e8b99c44edaaef2
Delivery: Created in your browser from static generator assets (how it works).

What is in this file

A Rich Text Format document with a title and 1,432 sections of bold headings and body text in Helvetica. An ignorable destination group ({\*\fixturepad}), which word processors skip, brings the file to the exact size.

Sections	1,432
Character set	ANSI, code page 1252
Fonts	Helvetica
Images	None
Encoding	UTF-8 (ASCII characters only)

How the file begins

The opening lines of sample-rtf-500kb.rtf, exactly as they appear in the file.

00000000  7b 5c 72 74 66 31 5c 61  6e 73 69 5c 61 6e 73 69 |{\rtf1\ansi\ansi|
00000010  63 70 67 31 32 35 32 5c  64 65 66 66 30 7b 5c 66 |cpg1252\deff0{\f|
00000020  6f 6e 74 74 62 6c 7b 5c  66 30 5c 66 73 77 69 73 |onttbl{\f0\fswis|
00000030  73 20 48 65 6c 76 65 74  69 63 61 3b 7d 7d 5c 66 |s Helvetica;}}\f|

Preview

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Where 500 KB matters

A 512,000-byte file: larger than most API body limits, smaller than most upload limits. These are the default limits a file of this size is useful for testing:

System	Limit	Note
Amazon DynamoDB items	400 KB per item	500 KB cannot be stored as a single item.
Express body parsers	100 KB by default	Rejected unless the limit is raised.
nginx request body	1 MB by default (client_max_body_size)	Accepted with room to spare.

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Use this file for

Checking email size handling
Verifying upload filters that allow or block RTF
Testing legacy document import

Testing notes for RTF

RTF readers must skip groups they do not understand; a parser that fails on unknown control words is not conformant.
Two MIME types are in use, application/rtf and text/rtf, and allow-lists should recognise both.

RTF format reference

Technical details

File name	sample-rtf-500kb.rtf
Format	RTF (Rich Text Format)
Extension	.rtf
MIME type	application/rtf
Size	512,000 bytes (500 KB)
Kind	Text
Signature	7B 5C 72 74 66 31
SHA-256	d04b0a49f15ea527613b8778a1b62cd5f76ddbde7a8c89829e8b99c44edaaef2
Created	2026-10-23
Validation	See the listed size and SHA-256. Small downloads are checked in the browser; verify streamed downloads manually. A hash match does not prove parser compatibility.
Preview	Available on this page
Source	Generated in your browser by this site's generator; not copied from elsewhere
Licence	Free to use, modify and redistribute (terms)
Category	Documents

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Questions about this file

Is this file exactly 500 KB?: Yes. It is 512,000 bytes, which is 500 KB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
What is inside the 500 KB RTF file?: A Rich Text Format document with a title and 1,432 sections of bold headings and body text in Helvetica. An ignorable destination group ({\*\fixturepad}), which word processors skip, brings the file to the exact size.
Do the RTF samples contain embedded objects?: No. They contain only formatted text: bold headings and paragraphs in a single font.

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