Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory when running example with swissqrbill/pdf in Next.js 14

[riculum]

I'm encountering an error when trying to run a simple example of generating a PDF with swissqrbill/pdf in my Next.js 14 app. The error message is as follows:
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/xxxxx/xxxxx/.next/server/vendor-chunks/data/Helvetica.afm'

import { createWriteStream } from "fs";

import PDFDocument from "pdfkit";
import { SwissQRBill } from "swissqrbill/pdf";

import { data } from "./data.js";


const stream = createWriteStream("./output/swissqrbill.pdf");
const pdf = new PDFDocument();
const qrBill = new SwissQRBill(data);

qrBill.attachTo(pdf);

pdf.pipe(stream);
pdf.end();

I am running Next.js 14 on a ubuntu client.

Is there a configuration or workaround required to ensure Helvetica.afm is accessible, or should pdfkit or swissqrbill/pdf be bundled differently in Next.js 14? Any advice on resolving this issue would be appreciated!

[schoero]

When used on the backend with Node.js, PDFKit should provide the .afm font files for you. You may need to tell Next.js or your bundler that PDFKit runs on the backend.

Have a look at the PDFKit repository: https://github.com/foliojs/pdfkit/issues?q=.afm. Maybe this could be a solution that works for you.