Cannot import `fontkit` from @pdf-lib/fontkit

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I am building an Angular project and trying to import fontkit as described in the README instruction. import fontkit from '@pdf-lib/fontkit' gives an error that says Module '"/node_modules/@pdf-lib/fontkit/fontkit"' has no default export. I tried using import * as fontkit from '@pdf-lib/fontkit', and this error does go away, but instead when I am registering this fontkit and using my custom font, it gives the error that says fontkit.create is not a function. What I want to achieve is to write my Chinese characters on the pdf. How should I import this fontkit and use it correctly?

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Hopdingcommented, Sep 25, 2019

Hello @Pomelool! You can add "esModuleInterop": true or "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true to the "compilerOptions" section of your Angular project’s tsconfig.json file. For example:

 {
   "compileOnSave": false,
   "compilerOptions": {
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
     "baseUrl": "./",
     "outDir": "./dist/out-tsc",

 {
   "compileOnSave": false,
   "compilerOptions": {
+    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
     "baseUrl": "./",
     "outDir": "./dist/out-tsc",

I hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any additional questions!

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alealimacommented, Apr 20, 2022

@btielen thanks a ton! Fixed everything for me as well.

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