Javascript Khmer Pdf Guide
// Save the PDF doc.save("khmer-hello.pdf");
var fonts = KhmerOS: normal: 'KhmerOSBattambang-Regular.ttf', bold: 'KhmerOSBattambang-Bold.ttf' ; var docDefinition = content: [ text: 'របាយការណ៍ប្រចាំខែ', fontSize: 18, bold: true , text: 'ខែ មករា ឆ្នាំ 2026', fontSize: 12 , text: 'បញ្ជីឈ្មោះបុគ្គលិក៖', fontSize: 14, margin: [0, 10, 0, 5] , ul: ['�៊ូ សុផល', 'លី ដារ៉ា', 'ជា សុខហេង'] ] ;
Works for 80% of use cases, but very complex stacking may still have issues. Option B: Server-Side with Puppeteer (100% Accurate) The most reliable method: Use a headless Chrome browser (via Puppeteer) to render HTML/CSS with Khmer text, then convert to PDF. Chrome’s layout engine handles Khmer perfectly. javascript khmer pdf
// Usage const khmerHTML = <h1>សេចក្តីជូនដំណឹង</h1><p>កិច្ចប្រជុំនឹងចាប់ផ្តើមនៅម៉ោង ៣ រសៀល។</p> ; generateKhmerPDF(khmerHTML, 'meeting-notice.pdf');
// Write Khmer text doc.setFontSize(16); doc.text("សួស្តី ពិភពលោក!", 10, 20); // Hello World! // Save the PDF doc
npm install jspdf
npx base64 KhmerOSBattambang-Regular.ttf > fontBase64.txt Have you successfully generated Khmer PDFs
As Khmer Unicode support improves across browsers and libraries, we can expect better native solutions. Until then, understanding the shaping problem and choosing the right tool will save you hours of debugging broken characters. Have you successfully generated Khmer PDFs? Share your experience or library recommendations in the comments below!