PDFDocument = require 'pdfkit' fs = require 'fs' # embed otf make = (doc) -> # Register a font name for use later doc.registerFont('fira', 'assets/fira.otf') doc.registerFont('charter', 'assets/charter.otf') # Set the font, draw some text doc.font('charter') .fontSize(40) .text('Charter OTF rifle fire', 100, 100, {width: false}) doc.end() doc = new PDFDocument({compress: no}) doc.pipe(fs.createWriteStream('test21.pdf')) make doc doc = new PDFDocument({compress: yes}) doc.pipe(fs.createWriteStream('test21c.pdf')) make doc