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+// Create a PDF from scratch.
+
+// This example creates a new PDF file from scratch, using only the low level APIs.
+// This assumes a basic working knowledge of the PDF file format.
+
+// Create a new empty document with no pages.
+var pdf = new PDFDocument()
+
+// Create and add a font resource.
+var font = pdf.addObject({
+	Type: "Font",
+	Subtype: "Type1",
+	Encoding: "WinAnsiEncoding",
+	BaseFont: "Times-Roman",
+})
+
+// Create and add an image resource:
+// Allocate a slot for a new object and get a reference to it.
+var image = pdf.createObject()
+// Write a dictionary object into the slot.
+image.writeObject({
+	Type: "XObject",
+	Subtype: "Image",
+	Width: 4,
+	Height: 2,
+	BitsPerComponent: 8,
+	ColorSpace: "DeviceGray",
+	// The compression filter to be used:
+	Filter: "ASCIIHexDecode",
+})
+// Write raw stream data into the slot; hex encoded
+// to match the Filter entry in the dictionary.
+image.writeRawStream("004488CCEEBB7733>")
+
+// Create resource dictionary.
+var resources = pdf.addObject({
+	Font: { Tm: font },
+	XObject: { Im0: image },
+})
+
+// Create content stream.
+var buffer = new Buffer()
+buffer.writeLine("10 10 280 330 re s")
+buffer.writeLine("q 200 0 0 200 50 100 cm /Im0 Do Q")
+buffer.writeLine("BT /Tm 16 Tf 50 50 TD (Hello, world!) Tj ET")
+var contents = pdf.addStream(buffer)
+
+// Create page object.
+var page = pdf.addObject({
+	Type: "Page",
+	MediaBox: [0,0,300,350],
+	Contents: contents,
+	Resources: resources,
+})
+
+// Insert page object into page tree.
+var pagetree = pdf.getTrailer().Root.Pages
+pagetree.Count = 1
+pagetree.Kids = [ page ]
+page.Parent = pagetree
+
+// Save the document.
+pdf.save("out.pdf")