The following page includes some account details and renders as a PDF
file.
<apex:page standardController="Account" renderAs="pdf">
<apex:stylesheet value="{!URLFOR($Resource.Styles,'pdf.css')}"/>
<h1>Welcome to Universal Samples!</h1>
<p>Thank you, <b><apex:outputText value=" {!Account.Name}"/></b>, for
becoming a new account with Universal Samples.</p>
<p>Your account details are:</p>
<table>
<tr><th>Account Name</th>
<td><apex:outputText value="{!Account.Name}"/></td>
</tr>
<tr><th>Account Rep</th>
<td><apex:outputText value="{!Account.Owner.Name}"/></td>
</tr>
<tr><th>Customer Since</th>
<td><apex:outputText value="{0,date,long}">
<apex:param value="{!Account.CreatedDate}"/>
</apex:outputText></td>
</tr>
</table>
</apex:page>