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+// Create a PDF from scratch using helper functions.
+
+// This example creates a new PDF file from scratch, using helper
+// functions to create resources and page objects.
+// This assumes a basic working knowledge of the PDF file format.
+
+// Create a new empty document with no pages.
+var pdf = new PDFDocument()
+
+// Load built-in font and create WinAnsi encoded simple font resource.
+var font = pdf.addSimpleFont(new Font("Times-Roman"))
+
+// Load PNG file and create image resource.
+var image = pdf.addImage(new Image("example.png"))
+
+// Create resource dictionary.
+var resources = pdf.addObject({
+	Font: { Tm: font },
+	XObject: { Im0: image },
+})
+
+// Create content stream data.
+var contents =
+	"10 10 280 330 re s\n" +
+	"q 200 0 0 200 50 100 cm /Im0 Do Q\n" +
+	"BT /Tm 16 Tf 50 50 TD (Hello, world!) Tj ET\n"
+
+// Create a new page object.
+var page = pdf.addPage([0,0,300,350], 0, resources, contents)
+
+// Insert page object at the end of the document.
+pdf.insertPage(-1, page)
+
+// Save the document to file.
+pdf.save("out.pdf")