How do I use the fonts that come with my system?

[luckymore]

Question

My scenario is that after generating a pdf on the server side, the user downloads it locally and views it using the system's Chinese fonts. like STBaoliTC-Regular

Is it possible to do that?

Description

When I try to do this, it reports an error no such file or directory, open 'STBaoliTC-Regular'

doc.font('STBaoliTC-Regular')

Code sample

const doc = new PDFDocument({
  size: [595, 842],
})
doc.pipe(fs.createWriteStream('output.pdf'))
doc.font('STBaoliTC-Regular')
doc.text('你好，世界！')
doc.end()

Your environment

• pdfkit version: 0.15.0
• Node version: v20.12.2
• Browser version (if applicable):
• Operating System: macOs 14.1 (23B2073)

[blikblum]

Is it possible to do that?

No. You have to embed the font at server side using doc.registerFont