diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index db2e5ec1b2..7048a9c0fc 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
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-src/static/lightbox/* linguist-vendored
-src/static/typeahead/* linguist-vendored
-src/static/moment/* linguist-vendored
-src/static/datetimepicker/* linguist-vendored
-src/static/colorpicker/* linguist-vendored
-src/static/fileupload/* linguist-vendored
-src/static/vuejs/* linguist-vendored
-src/static/select2/* linguist-vendored
-src/static/charts/* linguist-vendored
-src/static/rrule/* linguist-vendored
-src/static/iframeresizer/* linguist-vendored
-src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/static/pretixplugins/ticketoutputpdf/fabric.* linguist-vendored
-src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/static/pretixplugins/ticketoutputpdf/pdf.* linguist-vendored
+src/pretix/static/fontawesome/* linguist-vendored
+src/pretix/static/lightbox/* linguist-vendored
+src/pretix/static/typeahead/* linguist-vendored
+src/pretix/static/moment/* linguist-vendored
+src/pretix/static/datetimepicker/* linguist-vendored
+src/pretix/static/colorpicker/* linguist-vendored
+src/pretix/static/fileupload/* linguist-vendored
+src/pretix/static/vuejs/* linguist-vendored
+src/pretix/static/select2/* linguist-vendored
+src/pretix/static/charts/* linguist-vendored
+src/pretix/static/rrule/* linguist-vendored
+src/pretix/static/iframeresizer/* linguist-vendored
+src/pretix/static/pdfjs/* linguist-vendored
+src/pretix/static/fabric/* linguist-vendored
 
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diff --git a/doc/development/api/general.rst b/doc/development/api/general.rst
index bf40e7fea0..abf2a9b227 100644
--- a/doc/development/api/general.rst
+++ b/doc/development/api/general.rst
@@ -68,5 +68,5 @@ Dashboards
 Ticket designs
 """"""""""""""
 
-.. automodule:: pretix.plugins.ticketoutputpdf.signals
+.. automodule:: pretix.base.signals
    :members: layout_text_variables
diff --git a/src/pretix/base/pdf.py b/src/pretix/base/pdf.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07674a76a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pretix/base/pdf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+import copy
+from collections import OrderedDict
+
+from django.utils.formats import date_format
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from pytz import timezone
+
+from pretix.base.signals import layout_text_variables
+from pretix.base.templatetags.money import money_filter
+
+DEFAULT_VARIABLES = OrderedDict((
+    ("secret", {
+        "label": _("Ticket code (barcode content)"),
+        "editor_sample": "tdmruoekvkpbv1o2mv8xccvqcikvr58u",
+        "evaluate": lambda orderposition, order, event: orderposition.secret
+    }),
+    ("order", {
+        "label": _("Order code"),
+        "editor_sample": "A1B2C",
+        "evaluate": lambda orderposition, order, event: orderposition.order.code
+    }),
+    ("item", {
+        "label": _("Product name"),
+        "editor_sample": _("Sample product"),
+        "evaluate": lambda orderposition, order, event: str(orderposition.item)
+    }),
+    ("variation", {
+        "label": _("Variation name"),
+        "editor_sample": _("Sample variation"),
+        "evaluate": lambda op, order, event: str(op.variation) if op.variation else ''
+    }),
+    ("item_description", {
+        "label": _("Product description"),
+        "editor_sample": _("Sample product description"),
+        "evaluate": lambda orderposition, order, event: str(orderposition.item.description)
+    }),
+    ("itemvar", {
+        "label": _("Product name and variation"),
+        "editor_sample": _("Sample product – sample variation"),
+        "evaluate": lambda orderposition, order, event: (
+            '{} - {}'.format(orderposition.item, orderposition.variation)
+            if orderposition.variation else str(orderposition.item)
+        )
+    }),
+    ("item_category", {
+        "label": _("Product category"),
+        "editor_sample": _("Ticket category"),
+        "evaluate": lambda orderposition, order, event: (
+            str(orderposition.item.category.name) if orderposition.item.category else ""
+        )
+    }),
+    ("price", {
+        "label": _("Price"),
+        "editor_sample": _("123.45 EUR"),
+        "evaluate": lambda op, order, event: money_filter(op.price, event.currency)
+    }),
+    ("attendee_name", {
+        "label": _("Attendee name"),
+        "editor_sample": _("John Doe"),
+        "evaluate": lambda op, order, ev: op.attendee_name or (op.addon_to.attendee_name if op.addon_to else '')
+    }),
+    ("event_name", {
+        "label": _("Event name"),
+        "editor_sample": _("Sample event name"),
+        "evaluate": lambda op, order, ev: str(ev.name)
+    }),
+    ("event_date", {
+        "label": _("Event date"),
+        "editor_sample": _("May 31st, 2017"),
+        "evaluate": lambda op, order, ev: ev.get_date_from_display(show_times=False)
+    }),
+    ("event_date_range", {
+        "label": _("Event date range"),
+        "editor_sample": _("May 31st – June 4th, 2017"),
+        "evaluate": lambda op, order, ev: ev.get_date_range_display()
+    }),
+    ("event_begin", {
+        "label": _("Event begin date and time"),
+        "editor_sample": _("2017-05-31 20:00"),
+        "evaluate": lambda op, order, ev: ev.get_date_from_display(show_times=True)
+    }),
+    ("event_begin_time", {
+        "label": _("Event begin time"),
+        "editor_sample": _("20:00"),
+        "evaluate": lambda op, order, ev: ev.get_time_from_display()
+    }),
+    ("event_admission", {
+        "label": _("Event admission date and time"),
+        "editor_sample": _("2017-05-31 19:00"),
+        "evaluate": lambda op, order, ev: date_format(
+            ev.date_admission.astimezone(timezone(ev.settings.timezone)),
+            "SHORT_DATETIME_FORMAT"
+        ) if ev.date_admission else ""
+    }),
+    ("event_admission_time", {
+        "label": _("Event admission time"),
+        "editor_sample": _("19:00"),
+        "evaluate": lambda op, order, ev: date_format(
+            ev.date_admission.astimezone(timezone(ev.settings.timezone)),
+            "TIME_FORMAT"
+        ) if ev.date_admission else ""
+    }),
+    ("event_location", {
+        "label": _("Event location"),
+        "editor_sample": _("Random City"),
+        "evaluate": lambda op, order, ev: str(ev.location).replace("\n", "<br/>\n")
+    }),
+    ("invoice_name", {
+        "label": _("Invoice address: name"),
+        "editor_sample": _("John Doe"),
+        "evaluate": lambda op, order, ev: order.invoice_address.name if getattr(order, 'invoice_address') else ''
+    }),
+    ("invoice_company", {
+        "label": _("Invoice address: company"),
+        "editor_sample": _("Sample company"),
+        "evaluate": lambda op, order, ev: order.invoice_address.company if getattr(order, 'invoice_address') else ''
+    }),
+    ("addons", {
+        "label": _("List of Add-Ons"),
+        "editor_sample": _("Addon 1\nAddon 2"),
+        "evaluate": lambda op, order, ev: "<br/>".join([
+            '{} - {}'.format(p.item, p.variation) if p.variation else str(p.item)
+            for p in op.addons.select_related('item', 'variation')
+        ])
+    }),
+    ("organizer", {
+        "label": _("Organizer name"),
+        "editor_sample": _("Event organizer company"),
+        "evaluate": lambda op, order, ev: str(order.event.organizer.name)
+    }),
+    ("organizer_info_text", {
+        "label": _("Organizer info text"),
+        "editor_sample": _("Event organizer info text"),
+        "evaluate": lambda op, order, ev: str(order.event.settings.organizer_info_text)
+    }),
+))
+
+
+def get_variables(event):
+    v = copy.copy(DEFAULT_VARIABLES)
+    for recv, res in layout_text_variables.send(sender=event):
+        v.update(res)
+    return v
diff --git a/src/pretix/base/signals.py b/src/pretix/base/signals.py
index bfc51d898a..67aea57afd 100644
--- a/src/pretix/base/signals.py
+++ b/src/pretix/base/signals.py
@@ -338,3 +338,22 @@ The ``message`` argument will contain an ``EmailMultiAlternatives`` object.
 If the email is associated with a specific order, the ``order`` argument will be passed as well, otherwise
 it will be ``None``.
 """
+
+
+layout_text_variables = EventPluginSignal()
+"""
+This signal is sent out to collect variables that can be used to display text in ticket-related PDF layouts.
+Receivers are expected to return a dictionary with globally unique identifiers as keys and more
+dictionaries as values that contain keys like in the following example::
+
+    return {
+        "product": {
+            "label": _("Product name"),
+            "editor_sample": _("Sample product"),
+            "evaluate": lambda orderposition, order, event: str(orderposition.item)
+        }
+    }
+
+The evaluate member will be called with the order position, order and event as arguments. The event might
+also be a subevent, if applicable.
+"""
diff --git a/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/templates/pretixplugins/ticketoutputpdf/index.html b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/pdf/index.html
similarity index 97%
rename from src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/templates/pretixplugins/ticketoutputpdf/index.html
rename to src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/pdf/index.html
index 435aea0632..cb0a802554 100644
--- a/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/templates/pretixplugins/ticketoutputpdf/index.html
+++ b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/pdf/index.html
@@ -1,9 +1,22 @@
 {% extends "pretixcontrol/event/base.html" %}
 {% load i18n %}
 {% load staticfiles %}
+{% load compress %}
 {% block title %}{% trans "PDF Ticket Editor" %}{% endblock %}
+{% block custom_header %}
+    {{ block.super }}
+    {% compress css %}
+        <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="{% static "pretixcontrol/scss/pdfeditor.css" %}">
+    {% endcompress %}
+    <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="{% url "control:pdf.css" organizer=request.organizer.slug event=request.event.slug %}">
+{% endblock %}
 {% block content %}
-    <h1>{% trans "PDF Ticket Editor" %}</h1>
+    <h1>
+        {% trans "PDF Editor" %}
+        {% if title %}
+            <small>{{ title }}</small>
+        {% endif %}
+    </h1>
 
     <script type="application/json" id="editor-data">
         {{ layout|safe }}
diff --git a/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/templates/pretixplugins/ticketoutputpdf/webfonts.css b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/pdf/webfonts.css
similarity index 100%
rename from src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/templates/pretixplugins/ticketoutputpdf/webfonts.css
rename to src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/pdf/webfonts.css
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/urls.py b/src/pretix/control/urls.py
index 2a237af6e4..3c7d2f0cbe 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/urls.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/urls.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from django.conf.urls import include, url
 
 from pretix.control.views import (
     auth, checkin, dashboards, event, global_settings, item, main, orders,
-    organizer, search, subevents, typeahead, user, users, vouchers,
+    organizer, pdf, search, subevents, typeahead, user, users, vouchers,
     waitinglist,
 )
 
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ urlpatterns = [
         url(r'^settings/tax/add$', event.TaxCreate.as_view(), name='event.settings.tax.add'),
         url(r'^settings/tax/(?P<rule>\d+)/delete$', event.TaxDelete.as_view(), name='event.settings.tax.delete'),
         url(r'^settings/widget$', event.WidgetSettings.as_view(), name='event.settings.widget'),
+        url(r'^pdf/editor/webfonts.css', pdf.FontsCSSView.as_view(), name='pdf.css'),
+        url(r'^pdf/editor/(?P<filename>[^/]+).pdf$', pdf.PdfView.as_view(), name='pdf.background'),
         url(r'^subevents/$', subevents.SubEventList.as_view(), name='event.subevents'),
         url(r'^subevents/select2$', typeahead.subevent_select2, name='event.subevents.select2'),
         url(r'^subevents/(?P<subevent>\d+)/$', subevents.SubEventUpdate.as_view(), name='event.subevent'),
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/views/pdf.py b/src/pretix/control/views/pdf.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0f9508dc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pretix/control/views/pdf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+import json
+import logging
+import mimetypes
+from datetime import timedelta
+
+from django.core.files import File
+from django.core.files.storage import default_storage
+from django.http import (
+    FileResponse, HttpResponse, HttpResponseBadRequest, JsonResponse,
+)
+from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
+from django.urls import reverse
+from django.utils.crypto import get_random_string
+from django.utils.timezone import now
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.views.generic import TemplateView
+
+from pretix.base.i18n import language
+from pretix.base.models import CachedFile, InvoiceAddress, OrderPosition
+from pretix.base.pdf import get_variables
+from pretix.control.permissions import EventPermissionRequiredMixin
+from pretix.helpers.database import rolledback_transaction
+from pretix.presale.style import get_fonts
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class BaseEditorView(EventPermissionRequiredMixin, TemplateView):
+    template_name = 'pretixcontrol/pdf/index.html'
+    permission = 'can_change_settings'
+    accepted_formats = (
+        'application/pdf',
+    )
+    maxfilesize = 1024 * 1024 * 10
+    minfilesize = 10
+    title = None
+
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        resp = super().get(request, *args, **kwargs)
+        resp._csp_ignore = True
+        return resp
+
+    def process_upload(self):
+        f = self.request.FILES.get('background')
+        error = False
+        if f.size > self.maxfilesize:
+            error = _('The uploaded PDF file is to large.')
+        if f.size < self.minfilesize:
+            error = _('The uploaded PDF file is to small.')
+        if mimetypes.guess_type(f.name)[0] not in self.accepted_formats:
+            error = _('Please only upload PDF files.')
+        # if there was an error, add error message to response_data and return
+        if error:
+            return error, None
+        return None, f
+
+    def _get_preview_position(self):
+        item = self.request.event.items.create(name=_("Sample product"), default_price=42.23,
+                                               description=_("Sample product description"))
+        item2 = self.request.event.items.create(name=_("Sample workshop"), default_price=23.40)
+
+        from pretix.base.models import Order
+        order = self.request.event.orders.create(status=Order.STATUS_PENDING, datetime=now(),
+                                                 email='sample@pretix.eu',
+                                                 locale=self.request.event.settings.locale,
+                                                 expires=now(), code="PREVIEW1234", total=119)
+
+        p = order.positions.create(item=item, attendee_name=_("John Doe"), price=item.default_price)
+        order.positions.create(item=item2, attendee_name=_("John Doe"), price=item.default_price, addon_to=p)
+        order.positions.create(item=item2, attendee_name=_("John Doe"), price=item.default_price, addon_to=p)
+
+        InvoiceAddress.objects.create(order=order, name=_("John Doe"), company=_("Sample company"))
+        return p
+
+    def generate(self, p: OrderPosition, override_layout=None, override_background=None):
+        raise NotImplemented
+
+    def get_layout_settings_key(self):
+        raise NotImplemented
+
+    def get_background_settings_key(self):
+        raise NotImplemented
+
+    def get_default_background(self):
+        raise NotImplemented
+
+    def get_current_background(self):
+        return (
+            self.request.event.settings.get(self.get_background_settings_key()).url
+            if self.request.event.settings.get(self.get_background_settings_key())
+            else self.get_default_background()
+        )
+
+    def get_current_layout(self):
+        return self.request.event.settings.get(self.get_layout_settings_key(), as_type=list)
+
+    def save_layout(self):
+        self.request.event.settings.set(self.get_layout_settings_key(), self.request.POST.get("data"))
+
+    def save_background(self, f: CachedFile):
+        fexisting = self.request.event.settings.get(self.get_background_settings_key(), as_type=File)
+        if fexisting:
+            try:
+                default_storage.delete(fexisting.name)
+            except OSError:  # pragma: no cover
+                logger.error('Deleting file %s failed.' % fexisting.name)
+
+        # Create new file
+        nonce = get_random_string(length=8)
+        fname = 'pub/%s-%s/%s/%s.%s.%s' % (
+            'event', 'settings', self.request.event.pk, self.get_layout_settings_key(), nonce, 'pdf'
+        )
+        newname = default_storage.save(fname, f.file)
+        self.request.event.settings.set(self.get_background_settings_key(), 'file://' + newname)
+
+    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        if "background" in request.FILES:
+            error, fileobj = self.process_upload()
+            if error:
+                return JsonResponse({
+                    "status": "error",
+                    "error": error
+                })
+            c = CachedFile()
+            c.expires = now() + timedelta(days=7)
+            c.date = now()
+            c.filename = 'background_preview.pdf'
+            c.type = 'application/pdf'
+            c.file = fileobj
+            c.save()
+            c.refresh_from_db()
+            return JsonResponse({
+                "status": "ok",
+                "id": c.id,
+                "url": reverse('control:pdf.background', kwargs={
+                    'event': request.event.slug,
+                    'organizer': request.organizer.slug,
+                    'filename': str(c.id)
+                })
+            })
+
+        cf = None
+        if request.POST.get("background", "").strip():
+            try:
+                cf = CachedFile.objects.get(id=request.POST.get("background"))
+            except CachedFile.DoesNotExist:
+                pass
+
+        if "preview" in request.POST:
+            with rolledback_transaction(), language(request.event.settings.locale):
+                p = self._get_preview_position()
+                fname, mimet, data = self.generate(
+                    p,
+                    override_layout=(json.loads(self.request.POST.get("data"))
+                                     if self.request.POST.get("data") else None),
+                    override_background=cf.file if cf else None
+                )
+
+            resp = HttpResponse(data, content_type=mimet)
+            ftype = fname.split(".")[-1]
+            resp['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename="ticket-preview.{}"'.format(ftype)
+            return resp
+        elif "data" in request.POST:
+            if cf:
+                self.save_background(cf)
+            self.save_layout()
+            return JsonResponse({'status': 'ok'})
+        return HttpResponseBadRequest()
+
+    def get_variables(self):
+        return get_variables(self.request.event)
+
+    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
+        ctx = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
+        ctx['fonts'] = get_fonts()
+        ctx['pdf'] = self.get_current_background()
+        ctx['variables'] = self.get_variables()
+        ctx['layout'] = json.dumps(self.get_current_layout())
+        ctx['title'] = self.title
+        return ctx
+
+
+class FontsCSSView(TemplateView):
+    content_type = 'text/css'
+    template_name = 'pretixcontrol/pdf/webfonts.css'
+
+    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
+        ctx = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
+        ctx['fonts'] = get_fonts()
+        return ctx
+
+
+class PdfView(TemplateView):
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        cf = get_object_or_404(CachedFile, id=kwargs.get("filename"), filename="background_preview.pdf")
+        resp = FileResponse(cf.file, content_type='application/pdf')
+        resp['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename="{}"'.format(cf.filename)
+        return resp
diff --git a/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/signals.py b/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/signals.py
index d122467fb5..4b1ba025fa 100644
--- a/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/signals.py
+++ b/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/signals.py
@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
 from functools import partial
 
 from django.dispatch import receiver
-from django.template.loader import get_template
-from django.urls import resolve
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 from pretix.base.models import QuestionAnswer
-from pretix.base.signals import (
-    EventPluginSignal, event_copy_data, register_data_exporters,
+from pretix.base.signals import (  # NOQA: legacy import
+    event_copy_data, layout_text_variables, register_data_exporters,
     register_ticket_outputs,
 )
-from pretix.control.signals import html_head
 from pretix.presale.style import (  # NOQA: legacy import
     get_fonts, register_fonts,
 )
@@ -28,37 +25,6 @@ def register_data(sender, **kwargs):
     return AllTicketsPDF
 
 
-@receiver(html_head, dispatch_uid="ticketoutputpdf_html_head")
-def html_head_presale(sender, request=None, **kwargs):
-    url = resolve(request.path_info)
-    if url.namespace == 'plugins:ticketoutputpdf' and getattr(request, 'organizer', None):
-        template = get_template('pretixplugins/ticketoutputpdf/control_head.html')
-        return template.render({
-            'request': request
-        })
-    else:
-        return ""
-
-
-layout_text_variables = EventPluginSignal()
-"""
-This signal is sent out to collect variables that can be used to display text in PDF ticket layouts.
-Receivers are expected to return a dictionary with globally unique identifiers as keys and more
-dictionaries as values that contain keys like in the following example::
-
-    return {
-        "product": {
-            "label": _("Product name"),
-            "editor_sample": _("Sample product"),
-            "evaluate": lambda orderposition, order, event: str(orderposition.item)
-        }
-    }
-
-The evaluate member will be called with the order position, order and event as arguments. The event might
-also be a subevent, if applicable.
-"""
-
-
 def get_answer(op, order, event, question_id):
     try:
         a = op.answers.get(question_id=question_id)
diff --git a/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/templates/pretixplugins/ticketoutputpdf/control_head.html b/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/templates/pretixplugins/ticketoutputpdf/control_head.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f9bd95fc1..0000000000
--- a/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/templates/pretixplugins/ticketoutputpdf/control_head.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{% load staticfiles %}
-{% load compress %}
-
-{% compress css %}
-    <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="{% static "pretixplugins/ticketoutputpdf/editor.css" %}">
-{% endcompress %}
-<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="{% url "plugins:ticketoutputpdf:css" organizer=request.organizer.slug event=request.event.slug %}">
diff --git a/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/ticketoutput.py b/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/ticketoutput.py
index 8b69a2fa6d..d24be8289f 100644
--- a/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/ticketoutput.py
+++ b/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/ticketoutput.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import copy
 import logging
 import re
 import uuid
-from collections import OrderedDict
 from io import BytesIO
 
 import bleach
@@ -11,9 +10,7 @@ from django.core.files import File
 from django.core.files.storage import default_storage
 from django.http import HttpRequest
 from django.template.loader import get_template
-from django.utils.formats import date_format
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
-from pytz import timezone
 from reportlab.graphics import renderPDF
 from reportlab.graphics.barcode.qr import QrCodeWidget
 from reportlab.graphics.shapes import Drawing
@@ -29,150 +26,13 @@ from reportlab.platypus import Paragraph
 
 from pretix.base.i18n import language
 from pretix.base.models import Order, OrderPosition
-from pretix.base.templatetags.money import money_filter
+from pretix.base.pdf import get_variables
 from pretix.base.ticketoutput import BaseTicketOutput
-from pretix.plugins.ticketoutputpdf.signals import (
-    get_fonts, layout_text_variables,
-)
+from pretix.plugins.ticketoutputpdf.signals import get_fonts
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('pretix.plugins.ticketoutputpdf')
 
 
-DEFAULT_VARIABLES = OrderedDict((
-    ("secret", {
-        "label": _("Ticket code (barcode content)"),
-        "editor_sample": "tdmruoekvkpbv1o2mv8xccvqcikvr58u",
-        "evaluate": lambda orderposition, order, event: orderposition.secret
-    }),
-    ("order", {
-        "label": _("Order code"),
-        "editor_sample": "A1B2C",
-        "evaluate": lambda orderposition, order, event: orderposition.order.code
-    }),
-    ("item", {
-        "label": _("Product name"),
-        "editor_sample": _("Sample product"),
-        "evaluate": lambda orderposition, order, event: str(orderposition.item)
-    }),
-    ("variation", {
-        "label": _("Variation name"),
-        "editor_sample": _("Sample variation"),
-        "evaluate": lambda op, order, event: str(op.variation) if op.variation else ''
-    }),
-    ("item_description", {
-        "label": _("Product description"),
-        "editor_sample": _("Sample product description"),
-        "evaluate": lambda orderposition, order, event: str(orderposition.item.description)
-    }),
-    ("itemvar", {
-        "label": _("Product name and variation"),
-        "editor_sample": _("Sample product – sample variation"),
-        "evaluate": lambda orderposition, order, event: (
-            '{} - {}'.format(orderposition.item, orderposition.variation)
-            if orderposition.variation else str(orderposition.item)
-        )
-    }),
-    ("item_category", {
-        "label": _("Product category"),
-        "editor_sample": _("Ticket category"),
-        "evaluate": lambda orderposition, order, event: (
-            str(orderposition.item.category.name) if orderposition.item.category else ""
-        )
-    }),
-    ("price", {
-        "label": _("Price"),
-        "editor_sample": _("123.45 EUR"),
-        "evaluate": lambda op, order, event: money_filter(op.price, event.currency)
-    }),
-    ("attendee_name", {
-        "label": _("Attendee name"),
-        "editor_sample": _("John Doe"),
-        "evaluate": lambda op, order, ev: op.attendee_name or (op.addon_to.attendee_name if op.addon_to else '')
-    }),
-    ("event_name", {
-        "label": _("Event name"),
-        "editor_sample": _("Sample event name"),
-        "evaluate": lambda op, order, ev: str(ev.name)
-    }),
-    ("event_date", {
-        "label": _("Event date"),
-        "editor_sample": _("May 31st, 2017"),
-        "evaluate": lambda op, order, ev: ev.get_date_from_display(show_times=False)
-    }),
-    ("event_date_range", {
-        "label": _("Event date range"),
-        "editor_sample": _("May 31st – June 4th, 2017"),
-        "evaluate": lambda op, order, ev: ev.get_date_range_display()
-    }),
-    ("event_begin", {
-        "label": _("Event begin date and time"),
-        "editor_sample": _("2017-05-31 20:00"),
-        "evaluate": lambda op, order, ev: ev.get_date_from_display(show_times=True)
-    }),
-    ("event_begin_time", {
-        "label": _("Event begin time"),
-        "editor_sample": _("20:00"),
-        "evaluate": lambda op, order, ev: ev.get_time_from_display()
-    }),
-    ("event_admission", {
-        "label": _("Event admission date and time"),
-        "editor_sample": _("2017-05-31 19:00"),
-        "evaluate": lambda op, order, ev: date_format(
-            ev.date_admission.astimezone(timezone(ev.settings.timezone)),
-            "SHORT_DATETIME_FORMAT"
-        ) if ev.date_admission else ""
-    }),
-    ("event_admission_time", {
-        "label": _("Event admission time"),
-        "editor_sample": _("19:00"),
-        "evaluate": lambda op, order, ev: date_format(
-            ev.date_admission.astimezone(timezone(ev.settings.timezone)),
-            "TIME_FORMAT"
-        ) if ev.date_admission else ""
-    }),
-    ("event_location", {
-        "label": _("Event location"),
-        "editor_sample": _("Random City"),
-        "evaluate": lambda op, order, ev: str(ev.location).replace("\n", "<br/>\n")
-    }),
-    ("invoice_name", {
-        "label": _("Invoice address: name"),
-        "editor_sample": _("John Doe"),
-        "evaluate": lambda op, order, ev: order.invoice_address.name if getattr(order, 'invoice_address') else ''
-    }),
-    ("invoice_company", {
-        "label": _("Invoice address: company"),
-        "editor_sample": _("Sample company"),
-        "evaluate": lambda op, order, ev: order.invoice_address.company if getattr(order, 'invoice_address') else ''
-    }),
-    ("addons", {
-        "label": _("List of Add-Ons"),
-        "editor_sample": _("Addon 1\nAddon 2"),
-        "evaluate": lambda op, order, ev: "<br/>".join([
-            '{} - {}'.format(p.item, p.variation) if p.variation else str(p.item)
-            for p in op.addons.select_related('item', 'variation')
-        ])
-    }),
-    ("organizer", {
-        "label": _("Organizer name"),
-        "editor_sample": _("Event organizer company"),
-        "evaluate": lambda op, order, ev: str(order.event.organizer.name)
-    }),
-    ("organizer_info_text", {
-        "label": _("Organizer info text"),
-        "editor_sample": _("Event organizer info text"),
-        "evaluate": lambda op, order, ev: str(order.event.settings.organizer_info_text)
-    }),
-))
-
-
-def get_variables(event):
-    v = copy.copy(DEFAULT_VARIABLES)
-    for recv, res in layout_text_variables.send(sender=event):
-        v.update(res)
-    return v
-
-
 class PdfTicketOutput(BaseTicketOutput):
     identifier = 'pdf'
     verbose_name = _('PDF output')
diff --git a/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/urls.py b/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/urls.py
index 1e6fb6c2bf..f112ba293a 100644
--- a/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/urls.py
+++ b/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/urls.py
@@ -5,9 +5,4 @@ from . import views
 urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^control/event/(?P<organizer>[^/]+)/(?P<event>[^/]+)/pdfoutput/editor/$', views.EditorView.as_view(),
         name='editor'),
-    url(r'^control/event/(?P<organizer>[^/]+)/(?P<event>[^/]+)/pdfoutput/editor/webfonts.css',
-        views.FontsCSSView.as_view(),
-        name='css'),
-    url(r'^control/event/(?P<organizer>[^/]+)/(?P<event>[^/]+)/pdfoutput/editor/(?P<filename>[^/]+).pdf$',
-        views.PdfView.as_view(), name='pdf'),
 ]
diff --git a/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/views.py b/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/views.py
index 03eea13d04..ac75668525 100644
--- a/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/views.py
+++ b/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/views.py
@@ -1,191 +1,52 @@
-import json
 import logging
-import mimetypes
-from datetime import timedelta
 
-from django.contrib.staticfiles.templatetags.staticfiles import static
-from django.core.files import File
-from django.core.files.storage import default_storage
-from django.http import (
-    FileResponse, HttpResponse, HttpResponseBadRequest, JsonResponse,
-)
-from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
-from django.urls import reverse
-from django.utils.crypto import get_random_string
-from django.utils.timezone import now
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
-from django.views.generic import TemplateView
+from django.templatetags.static import static
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
-from pretix.base.i18n import language
 from pretix.base.models import (
-    CachedCombinedTicket, CachedFile, CachedTicket, InvoiceAddress,
+    CachedCombinedTicket, CachedTicket, OrderPosition,
 )
-from pretix.control.permissions import EventPermissionRequiredMixin
-from pretix.helpers.database import rolledback_transaction
-from pretix.plugins.ticketoutputpdf.signals import get_fonts
-
-from .ticketoutput import PdfTicketOutput, get_variables
+from pretix.control.views.pdf import BaseEditorView
+from pretix.plugins.ticketoutputpdf.ticketoutput import PdfTicketOutput
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class EditorView(EventPermissionRequiredMixin, TemplateView):
-    template_name = 'pretixplugins/ticketoutputpdf/index.html'
-    permission = 'can_change_settings'
-    accepted_formats = (
-        'application/pdf',
-    )
-    maxfilesize = 1024 * 1024 * 10
-    minfilesize = 10
-    identifier = 'pdf'
+class EditorView(BaseEditorView):
+    title = _('Default ticket layout')
 
     def get_output(self, *args, **kwargs):
         return PdfTicketOutput(self.request.event, *args, **kwargs)
 
-    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        resp = super().get(request, *args, **kwargs)
-        resp._csp_ignore = True
-        return resp
+    def save_layout(self):
+        super().save_layout()
+        CachedTicket.objects.filter(
+            order_position__order__event=self.request.event, provider='pdf'
+        ).delete()
+        CachedCombinedTicket.objects.filter(
+            order__event=self.request.event, provider='pdf'
+        ).delete()
 
-    def process_upload(self):
-        f = self.request.FILES.get('background')
-        error = False
-        if f.size > self.maxfilesize:
-            error = _('The uploaded PDF file is to large.')
-        if f.size < self.minfilesize:
-            error = _('The uploaded PDF file is to small.')
-        if mimetypes.guess_type(f.name)[0] not in self.accepted_formats:
-            error = _('Please only upload PDF files.')
-        # if there was an error, add error message to response_data and return
-        if error:
-            return error, None
-        return None, f
+    def get_layout_settings_key(self):
+        return 'ticketoutput_pdf_layout'
 
-    def _get_preview_position(self):
-        item = self.request.event.items.create(name=_("Sample product"), default_price=42.23,
-                                               description=_("Sample product description"))
-        item2 = self.request.event.items.create(name=_("Sample workshop"), default_price=23.40)
+    def get_background_settings_key(self):
+        return 'ticketoutput_pdf_background'
 
-        from pretix.base.models import Order
-        order = self.request.event.orders.create(status=Order.STATUS_PENDING, datetime=now(),
-                                                 email='sample@pretix.eu',
-                                                 locale=self.request.event.settings.locale,
-                                                 expires=now(), code="PREVIEW1234", total=119)
+    def get_default_background(self):
+        return static('pretixpresale/pdf/ticket_default_a4.pdf')
 
-        p = order.positions.create(item=item, attendee_name=_("John Doe"), price=item.default_price)
-        order.positions.create(item=item2, attendee_name=_("John Doe"), price=item.default_price, addon_to=p)
-        order.positions.create(item=item2, attendee_name=_("John Doe"), price=item.default_price, addon_to=p)
-
-        InvoiceAddress.objects.create(order=order, name=_("John Doe"), company=_("Sample company"))
-        return p
-
-    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        if "background" in request.FILES:
-            error, fileobj = self.process_upload()
-            if error:
-                return JsonResponse({
-                    "status": "error",
-                    "error": error
-                })
-            c = CachedFile()
-            c.expires = now() + timedelta(days=7)
-            c.date = now()
-            c.filename = 'background_preview.pdf'
-            c.type = 'application/pdf'
-            c.file = fileobj
-            c.save()
-            c.refresh_from_db()
-            return JsonResponse({
-                "status": "ok",
-                "id": c.id,
-                "url": reverse('plugins:ticketoutputpdf:pdf', kwargs={
-                    'event': request.event.slug,
-                    'organizer': request.organizer.slug,
-                    'filename': str(c.id)
-                })
-            })
-
-        cf = None
-        if request.POST.get("background", "").strip():
-            try:
-                cf = CachedFile.objects.get(id=request.POST.get("background"))
-            except CachedFile.DoesNotExist:
-                pass
-
-        if "preview" in request.POST:
-            with rolledback_transaction(), language(request.event.settings.locale):
-                p = self._get_preview_position()
-
-                prov = self.get_output(
-                    override_layout=(json.loads(request.POST.get("data"))
-                                     if request.POST.get("data") else None),
-                    override_background=cf.file if cf else None
-                )
-                fname, mimet, data = prov.generate(p)
-
-            resp = HttpResponse(data, content_type=mimet)
-            ftype = fname.split(".")[-1]
-            resp['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename="ticket-preview.{}"'.format(ftype)
-            return resp
-        elif "data" in request.POST:
-            if cf:
-                fexisting = request.event.settings.get('ticketoutput_{}_layout'.format(self.identifier), as_type=File)
-                if fexisting:
-                    try:
-                        default_storage.delete(fexisting.name)
-                    except OSError:  # pragma: no cover
-                        logger.error('Deleting file %s failed.' % fexisting.name)
-
-                # Create new file
-                nonce = get_random_string(length=8)
-                fname = 'pub/%s-%s/%s/%s.%s.%s' % (
-                    'event', 'settings', self.request.event.pk, 'ticketoutput_{}_layout'.format(self.identifier), nonce, 'pdf'
-                )
-                newname = default_storage.save(fname, cf.file)
-                request.event.settings.set('ticketoutput_{}_background'.format(self.identifier), 'file://' + newname)
-
-            request.event.settings.set('ticketoutput_{}_layout'.format(self.identifier), request.POST.get("data"))
-
-            CachedTicket.objects.filter(
-                order_position__order__event=self.request.event, provider=self.identifier
-            ).delete()
-            CachedCombinedTicket.objects.filter(
-                order__event=self.request.event, provider=self.identifier
-            ).delete()
-
-            return JsonResponse({'status': 'ok'})
-        return HttpResponseBadRequest()
-
-    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
-        ctx = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
-        prov = self.get_output()
-        ctx['fonts'] = get_fonts()
-        ctx['pdf'] = (
-            self.request.event.settings.get('ticketoutput_{}_background'.format(self.identifier)).url
-            if self.request.event.settings.get('ticketoutput_{}_background'.format(self.identifier))
-            else static('pretixpresale/pdf/ticket_default_a4.pdf')
+    def generate(self, p: OrderPosition, override_layout=None, override_background=None):
+        prov = self.get_output(
+            override_layout=override_layout,
+            override_background=override_background
         )
-        ctx['variables'] = get_variables(self.request.event)
-        ctx['layout'] = json.dumps(
-            self.request.event.settings.get('ticketoutput_{}_layout'.format(self.identifier), as_type=list)
+        fname, mimet, data = prov.generate(p)
+        return fname, mimet, data
+
+    def get_current_layout(self):
+        prov = self.get_output()
+        return (
+            self.request.event.settings.get(self.get_layout_settings_key(), as_type=list)
             or prov._default_layout()
         )
-        return ctx
-
-
-class FontsCSSView(TemplateView):
-    content_type = 'text/css'
-    template_name = 'pretixplugins/ticketoutputpdf/webfonts.css'
-
-    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
-        ctx = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
-        ctx['fonts'] = get_fonts()
-        return ctx
-
-
-class PdfView(TemplateView):
-    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        cf = get_object_or_404(CachedFile, id=kwargs.get("filename"), filename="background_preview.pdf")
-        resp = FileResponse(cf.file, content_type='application/pdf')
-        resp['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename="{}"'.format(cf.filename)
-        return resp
diff --git a/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/static/pretixplugins/ticketoutputpdf/fabric.js b/src/pretix/static/fabric/fabric.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/static/pretixplugins/ticketoutputpdf/fabric.js
rename to src/pretix/static/fabric/fabric.js
diff --git a/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/static/pretixplugins/ticketoutputpdf/fabric.min.js b/src/pretix/static/fabric/fabric.min.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/static/pretixplugins/ticketoutputpdf/fabric.min.js
rename to src/pretix/static/fabric/fabric.min.js
diff --git a/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/static/pretixplugins/ticketoutputpdf/pdf.js b/src/pretix/static/pdfjs/pdf.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/static/pretixplugins/ticketoutputpdf/pdf.js
rename to src/pretix/static/pdfjs/pdf.js
diff --git a/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/static/pretixplugins/ticketoutputpdf/pdf.worker.js b/src/pretix/static/pdfjs/pdf.worker.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/static/pretixplugins/ticketoutputpdf/pdf.worker.js
rename to src/pretix/static/pdfjs/pdf.worker.js
diff --git a/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/static/pretixplugins/ticketoutputpdf/editor.js b/src/pretix/static/pretixcontrol/js/ui/editor.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/static/pretixplugins/ticketoutputpdf/editor.js
rename to src/pretix/static/pretixcontrol/js/ui/editor.js
diff --git a/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/static/pretixplugins/ticketoutputpdf/editor.css b/src/pretix/static/pretixcontrol/scss/pdfeditor.css
similarity index 100%
rename from src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/static/pretixplugins/ticketoutputpdf/editor.css
rename to src/pretix/static/pretixcontrol/scss/pdfeditor.css