Pdfkit: running example code with node 8.11.2 get "Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'fonts/PalatinoBold.ttf"

[Valen558]

PDFDocument = require ('pdfkit');
const fs = require('fs');


// Create a document
doc = new PDFDocument


// Pipe its output somewhere, like to a file or HTTP response
// See below for browser usage
doc.pipe (fs.createWriteStream('output.pdf'))

// Embed a font, set the font size, and render some text
doc.font('fonts/PalatinoBold.ttf')
   .fontSize(25)
   .text('Some text with an embedded font!', 100, 100)

// Add another page
doc.addPage()
   .fontSize(25)
   .text('Here is some vector graphics...', 100, 100)

// Draw a triangle
doc.save()
   .moveTo(100, 150)
   .lineTo(100, 250)
   .lineTo(200, 250)
   .fill("//FF3300")

// Apply some transforms and render an SVG path with the 'even-odd' fill rule
doc.scale(0.6)
   .translate(470, -380)
   .path('M 250,75 L 323,301 131,161 369,161 177,301 z')
   .fill('red', 'even-odd')
   .restore()

// Add some text with annotations
doc.addPage()
   .fillColor("blue")
   .text('Here is a link!', 100, 100)
   .underline(100, 100, 160, 27, "//0000FF")
   .link(100, 100, 160, 27, 'http://google.com/')

// Finalize PDF file
doc.end()

trying to run the code from pdfkit site get the error

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'fonts/PalatinoBold.ttf'
    at Object.fs.openSync (fs.js:646:18)
    at Object.fs.readFileSync (fs.js:551:33)
    at Object.fontkit.openSync (/root/node_modules/fontkit/index.js:43:19)
    at Function.PDFFont.open (/root/node_modules/pdfkit/js/font.js:14:24)
    at PDFDocument.font (/root/node_modules/pdfkit/js/mixins/fonts.js:39:28)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/root/nodeFiles/pdfCreator.js:15:5)
    at Module._compile (module.js:652:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)

[darkliahos]

It might be worth base 64 encoding the font fil and loading it that way as a work around maybe?

[Aman40]

Same issue.

[DillonStreator]

Hi all
I was just running into this same issue and believe I found the solution

After specifying the fonts path relative to __dirname, the font loaded.

e.g.

let fontpath = (__dirname+'/../fonts/TimesNewRoman.ttf');
doc.font(fontpath);

Hope this helps anyone having the same problem!

[manoj10296]

@DillonStreator thanks man it worked

[paulomoisessilva]

@DillonStreator, didn't work for me... =(

My folders are like:

/fonts
......./TimesNewRoman.ttf
/entities
......../rect
............../ index.js

So I had to do :
let fontpath = (__dirname+'/../../fonts/TimesNewRoman.ttf'); doc.font(fontpath);
But the same issue happened..

what can I do?