package-lock.json

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
         "@mui/material": "5.15.11",
         "@noble/hashes": "^1.4.0",
         "@nostr-dev-kit/ndk": "2.5.0",
+        "@pdf-lib/fontkit": "^1.1.1",
         "@reduxjs/toolkit": "2.2.1",
         "axios": "^1.7.4",
         "crypto-hash": "3.0.0",
@@ -1749,6 +1750,15 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@pdf-lib/fontkit": {
+      "version": "1.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@pdf-lib/fontkit/-/fontkit-1.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-KjMd7grNapIWS/Dm0gvfHEilSyAmeLvrEGVcqLGi0VYebuqqzTbgF29efCx7tvx+IEbG3zQciRSWl3GkUSvjZg==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "pako": "^1.0.6"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@pdf-lib/standard-fonts": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@pdf-lib/standard-fonts/-/standard-fonts-1.0.0.tgz",

package.json

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     "@mui/material": "5.15.11",
     "@noble/hashes": "^1.4.0",
     "@nostr-dev-kit/ndk": "2.5.0",
+    "@pdf-lib/fontkit": "^1.1.1",
     "@reduxjs/toolkit": "2.2.1",
     "axios": "^1.7.4",
     "crypto-hash": "3.0.0",

src/App.scss

@@ -135,12 +135,18 @@ li {
 // Consistent styling for every file mark
 // Reverts some of the design defaults for font
 .file-mark {
-  font-family: Arial;
-  font-size: 16px;
+  font-family: 'Roboto';
+  font-style: normal;
   font-weight: normal;
-  color: black;
   letter-spacing: normal;
-  border: 1px solid transparent;
+  line-height: 1;
+
+  font-size: 16px;
+  color: black;
+  outline: 1px solid transparent;
+
+  justify-content: start;
+  align-items: start;
 
   scroll-margin-top: $header-height + $body-vertical-padding;
 }

src/components/DrawPDFFields/index.tsx

@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ import { MouseState, PdfPage, DrawnField, DrawTool } from '../../types/drawing'
 import { truncate } from 'lodash'
 import { settleAllFullfilfedPromises, hexToNpub, npubToHex } from '../../utils'
 import { getSigitFile, SigitFile } from '../../utils/file'
+import { getToolboxLabelByMarkType } from '../../utils/mark'
 import { FileDivider } from '../FileDivider'
 import { ExtensionFileBox } from '../ExtensionFileBox'
-import { inPx } from '../../utils/pdf'
+import { FONT_SIZE, FONT_TYPE, inPx } from '../../utils/pdf'
 import { useScale } from '../../hooks/useScale'
 import { AvatarIconButton } from '../UserAvatarIconButton'
 import { LoadingSpinner } from '../LoadingSpinner'
@@ -390,7 +391,7 @@ export const DrawPDFFields = (props: Props) => {
                       backgroundColor: drawnField.counterpart
                         ? `#${npubToHex(drawnField.counterpart)?.substring(0, 6)}4b`
                         : undefined,
-                      borderColor: drawnField.counterpart
+                      outlineColor: drawnField.counterpart
                         ? `#${npubToHex(drawnField.counterpart)?.substring(0, 6)}`
                         : undefined,
                       left: inPx(from(page.width, drawnField.left)),
@@ -406,6 +407,16 @@ export const DrawPDFFields = (props: Props) => {
                           : undefined
                     }}
                   >
+                    <div
+                      className={`file-mark ${styles.placeholder}`}
+                      style={{
+                        fontFamily: FONT_TYPE,
+                        fontSize: inPx(from(page.width, FONT_SIZE))
+                      }}
+                    >
+                      {getToolboxLabelByMarkType(drawnField.type) ||
+                        'placeholder'}
+                    </div>
                     <span
                       onPointerDown={(event) =>
                         handleResizePointerDown(event, drawnFieldIndex)

src/components/DrawPDFFields/style.module.scss

@@ -13,9 +13,15 @@
   }
 }
 
+.placeholder {
+  position: absolute;
+  opacity: 0.5;
+  inset: 0;
+}
+
 .drawingRectangle {
   position: absolute;
-  border: 1px solid #01aaad;
+  outline: 1px solid #01aaad;
   z-index: 50;
   background-color: #01aaad4b;
   cursor: pointer;
@@ -29,7 +35,7 @@
   }
 
   &.edited {
-    border: 1px dotted #01aaad;
+    outline: 1px dotted #01aaad;
   }
 
   .resizeHandle {

src/components/PDFView/PdfMarkItem.tsx

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const PdfMarkItem = forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, PdfMarkItemProps>(
           backgroundColor: selectedMark?.mark.npub
             ? `#${npubToHex(selectedMark?.mark.npub)?.substring(0, 6)}4b`
             : undefined,
-          borderColor: selectedMark?.mark.npub
+          outlineColor: selectedMark?.mark.npub
             ? `#${npubToHex(selectedMark?.mark.npub)?.substring(0, 6)}`
             : undefined,
           left: inPx(from(pageWidth, location.left)),

src/pages/create/index.tsx

@@ -38,41 +38,24 @@ import {
   sendNotification,
   signEventForMetaFile,
   updateUsersAppData,
-  uploadToFileStorage
+  uploadToFileStorage,
+  DEFAULT_TOOLBOX
 } from '../../utils'
 import { Container } from '../../components/Container'
 import fileListStyles from '../../components/FileList/style.module.scss'
-import { DrawTool, MarkType } from '../../types/drawing'
+import { DrawTool } from '../../types/drawing'
 import { DrawPDFFields } from '../../components/DrawPDFFields'
 import { Mark } from '../../types/mark.ts'
 import { StickySideColumns } from '../../layouts/StickySideColumns.tsx'
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome'
 import {
-  fa1,
-  faBriefcase,
-  faCalendarDays,
-  faCheckDouble,
-  faCircleDot,
-  faClock,
-  faCreditCard,
   faEllipsis,
   faEye,
   faFile,
   faFileCirclePlus,
   faGripLines,
-  faHeading,
-  faIdCard,
-  faImage,
-  faPaperclip,
   faPen,
-  faPhone,
   faPlus,
-  faSignature,
-  faSquareCaretDown,
-  faSquareCheck,
-  faStamp,
-  faT,
-  faTableCellsLarge,
   faToolbox,
   faTrash,
   faUpload
@@ -125,116 +108,7 @@ export const CreatePage = () => {
   const [drawnFiles, setDrawnFiles] = useState<SigitFile[]>([])
 
   const [selectedTool, setSelectedTool] = useState<DrawTool>()
-  const [toolbox] = useState<DrawTool[]>([
-    {
-      identifier: MarkType.TEXT,
-      icon: faT,
-      label: 'Text',
-      active: true
-    },
-    {
-      identifier: MarkType.SIGNATURE,
-      icon: faSignature,
-      label: 'Signature',
-      active: false
-    },
-    {
-      identifier: MarkType.JOBTITLE,
-      icon: faBriefcase,
-      label: 'Job Title',
-      active: false
-    },
-    {
-      identifier: MarkType.FULLNAME,
-      icon: faIdCard,
-      label: 'Full Name',
-      active: false
-    },
-    {
-      identifier: MarkType.INITIALS,
-      icon: faHeading,
-      label: 'Initials',
-      active: false
-    },
-    {
-      identifier: MarkType.DATETIME,
-      icon: faClock,
-      label: 'Date Time',
-      active: false
-    },
-    {
-      identifier: MarkType.DATE,
-      icon: faCalendarDays,
-      label: 'Date',
-      active: false
-    },
-    {
-      identifier: MarkType.NUMBER,
-      icon: fa1,
-      label: 'Number',
-      active: false
-    },
-    {
-      identifier: MarkType.IMAGES,
-      icon: faImage,
-      label: 'Images',
-      active: false
-    },
-    {
-      identifier: MarkType.CHECKBOX,
-      icon: faSquareCheck,
-      label: 'Checkbox',
-      active: false
-    },
-    {
-      identifier: MarkType.MULTIPLE,
-      icon: faCheckDouble,
-      label: 'Multiple',
-      active: false
-    },
-    {
-      identifier: MarkType.FILE,
-      icon: faPaperclip,
-      label: 'File',
-      active: false
-    },
-    {
-      identifier: MarkType.RADIO,
-      icon: faCircleDot,
-      label: 'Radio',
-      active: false
-    },
-    {
-      identifier: MarkType.SELECT,
-      icon: faSquareCaretDown,
-      label: 'Select',
-      active: false
-    },
-    {
-      identifier: MarkType.CELLS,
-      icon: faTableCellsLarge,
-      label: 'Cells',
-      active: false
-    },
-    {
-      identifier: MarkType.STAMP,
-      icon: faStamp,
-      label: 'Stamp',
-      active: false
-    },
-    {
-      identifier: MarkType.PAYMENT,
-      icon: faCreditCard,
-      label: 'Payment',
-      active: false
-    },
-    {
-      identifier: MarkType.PHONE,
-      icon: faPhone,
-      label: 'Phone',
-      active: false
-    }
-  ])
+  const [toolbox] = useState<DrawTool[]>(DEFAULT_TOOLBOX)
 
   /**
    * Changes the drawing tool

src/pages/verify/index.tsx

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom'
 import axios from 'axios'
 import {
   addMarks,
-  convertToPdfBlob,
   FONT_SIZE,
   FONT_TYPE,
   groupMarksByFileNamePage,
@@ -399,8 +398,7 @@ export const VerifyPage = () => {
     for (const [fileName, file] of Object.entries(files)) {
       if (file.isPdf) {
         // Draw marks into PDF file and generate a brand new blob
-        const pages = await addMarks(file, marksByPage[fileName])
-        const blob = await convertToPdfBlob(pages)
+        const blob = await addMarks(file, marksByPage[fileName])
         zip.file(`files/${fileName}`, blob)
       } else {
         zip.file(`files/${fileName}`, file)

src/pages/verify/style.module.scss

@@ -61,6 +61,6 @@
 
 [data-dev='true'] {
   .mark {
-    border: 1px dotted black;
+    outline: 1px dotted black;
   }
 }

src/utils/file.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { MOST_COMMON_MEDIA_TYPES } from './const.ts'
 import { extractMarksFromSignedMeta } from './mark.ts'
 import {
   addMarks,
-  convertToPdfBlob,
   groupMarksByFileNamePage,
   isPdf,
   pdfToImages
@@ -22,8 +21,7 @@ export const getZipWithFiles = async (
   for (const [fileName, file] of Object.entries(files)) {
     if (file.isPdf) {
       // Handle PDF Files
-      const pages = await addMarks(file, marksByFileNamePage[fileName])
-      const blob = await convertToPdfBlob(pages)
+      const blob = await addMarks(file, marksByFileNamePage[fileName])
       zip.file(`files/${fileName}`, blob)
     } else {
       // Handle other files

src/utils/mark.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,27 @@ import { hexToNpub } from './nostr.ts'
 import { Meta, SignedEventContent } from '../types'
 import { Event } from 'nostr-tools'
 import { EMPTY } from './const.ts'
+import { MarkType } from '../types/drawing.ts'
+import {
+  faT,
+  faSignature,
+  faBriefcase,
+  faIdCard,
+  faHeading,
+  faClock,
+  faCalendarDays,
+  fa1,
+  faImage,
+  faSquareCheck,
+  faCheckDouble,
+  faPaperclip,
+  faCircleDot,
+  faSquareCaretDown,
+  faTableCellsLarge,
+  faStamp,
+  faCreditCard,
+  faPhone
+} from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons'
 
 /**
  * Takes in an array of Marks already filtered by User.
@@ -131,6 +152,121 @@ const findOtherUserMarks = (marks: Mark[], pubkey: string): Mark[] => {
   return marks.filter((mark) => mark.npub !== hexToNpub(pubkey))
 }
 
+export const DEFAULT_TOOLBOX = [
+  {
+    identifier: MarkType.TEXT,
+    icon: faT,
+    label: 'Text',
+    active: true
+  },
+  {
+    identifier: MarkType.SIGNATURE,
+    icon: faSignature,
+    label: 'Signature',
+    active: false
+  },
+  {
+    identifier: MarkType.JOBTITLE,
+    icon: faBriefcase,
+    label: 'Job Title',
+    active: false
+  },
+  {
+    identifier: MarkType.FULLNAME,
+    icon: faIdCard,
+    label: 'Full Name',
+    active: false
+  },
+  {
+    identifier: MarkType.INITIALS,
+    icon: faHeading,
+    label: 'Initials',
+    active: false
+  },
+  {
+    identifier: MarkType.DATETIME,
+    icon: faClock,
+    label: 'Date Time',
+    active: false
+  },
+  {
+    identifier: MarkType.DATE,
+    icon: faCalendarDays,
+    label: 'Date',
+    active: false
+  },
+  {
+    identifier: MarkType.NUMBER,
+    icon: fa1,
+    label: 'Number',
+    active: false
+  },
+  {
+    identifier: MarkType.IMAGES,
+    icon: faImage,
+    label: 'Images',
+    active: false
+  },
+  {
+    identifier: MarkType.CHECKBOX,
+    icon: faSquareCheck,
+    label: 'Checkbox',
+    active: false
+  },
+  {
+    identifier: MarkType.MULTIPLE,
+    icon: faCheckDouble,
+    label: 'Multiple',
+    active: false
+  },
+  {
+    identifier: MarkType.FILE,
+    icon: faPaperclip,
+    label: 'File',
+    active: false
+  },
+  {
+    identifier: MarkType.RADIO,
+    icon: faCircleDot,
+    label: 'Radio',
+    active: false
+  },
+  {
+    identifier: MarkType.SELECT,
+    icon: faSquareCaretDown,
+    label: 'Select',
+    active: false
+  },
+  {
+    identifier: MarkType.CELLS,
+    icon: faTableCellsLarge,
+    label: 'Cells',
+    active: false
+  },
+  {
+    identifier: MarkType.STAMP,
+    icon: faStamp,
+    label: 'Stamp',
+    active: false
+  },
+  {
+    identifier: MarkType.PAYMENT,
+    icon: faCreditCard,
+    label: 'Payment',
+    active: false
+  },
+  {
+    identifier: MarkType.PHONE,
+    icon: faPhone,
+    label: 'Phone',
+    active: false
+  }
+]
+
+export const getToolboxLabelByMarkType = (markType: MarkType) => {
+  return DEFAULT_TOOLBOX.find((t) => t.identifier === markType)?.label
+}
+
 export {
   getCurrentUserMarks,
   filterMarksByPubkey,

src/utils/pdf.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { PdfPage } from '../types/drawing.ts'
-import { PDFDocument } from 'pdf-lib'
+import { PDFDocument, PDFFont, PDFPage, rgb } from 'pdf-lib'
 import { Mark } from '../types/mark.ts'
-
 import * as PDFJS from 'pdfjs-dist'
 import PDFJSWorker from 'pdfjs-dist/build/pdf.worker.min.mjs?worker'
 if (!PDFJS.GlobalWorkerOptions.workerPort) {
@@ -10,18 +9,23 @@ if (!PDFJS.GlobalWorkerOptions.workerPort) {
   PDFJS.GlobalWorkerOptions.workerPort = worker
 }
 
+import fontkit from '@pdf-lib/fontkit'
+import defaultFont from '../assets/fonts/roboto-regular.ttf'
+
 /**
  * Defined font size used when generating a PDF. Currently it is difficult to fully
  * correlate font size used at the time of filling in / drawing on the PDF
  * because it is dynamically rendered, and the final size.
- * This should be fixed going forward.
- * Switching to PDF-Lib will most likely make this problem redundant.
  */
 export const FONT_SIZE: number = 16
 /**
  * Current font type used when generating a PDF.
  */
-export const FONT_TYPE: string = 'Arial'
+export const FONT_TYPE: string = 'Roboto'
+/**
+ * Current line height used when generating a PDF.
+ */
+export const FONT_LINE_HEIGHT: number = 1
 
 /**
  * A utility that transforms a drawing coordinate number into a CSS-compatible pixel string
@@ -115,56 +119,28 @@ export const pdfToImages = async (
 
 /**
  * Takes in individual pdf file and an object with Marks grouped by Page number
- * Returns an array of encoded images where each image is a representation
- * of a PDF page with completed and signed marks from all users
+ * Returns a PDF blob with embedded, completed and signed marks from all users as text
  */
 export const addMarks = async (
   file: File,
   marksPerPage: { [key: string]: Mark[] }
 ) => {
   const p = await readPdf(file)
-  const pdf = await PDFJS.getDocument(p).promise
-  const canvas = document.createElement('canvas')
+  const pdf = await PDFDocument.load(p)
+  const robotoFont = await embedFont(pdf)
+  const pages = pdf.getPages()
 
-  const images: string[] = []
-
-  for (let i = 0; i < pdf.numPages; i++) {
-    const page = await pdf.getPage(i + 1)
-    const viewport = page.getViewport({ scale: 1 })
-    const context = canvas.getContext('2d')
-    canvas.height = viewport.height
-    canvas.width = viewport.width
-    if (context) {
-      await page.render({ canvasContext: context, viewport: viewport }).promise
-
-      if (marksPerPage && Object.hasOwn(marksPerPage, i)) {
-        marksPerPage[i]?.forEach((mark) => draw(mark, context))
-      }
-
-      images.push(canvas.toDataURL())
+  for (let i = 0; i < pages.length; i++) {
+    if (marksPerPage && Object.hasOwn(marksPerPage, i)) {
+      marksPerPage[i]?.forEach((mark) =>
+        drawMarkText(mark, pages[i], robotoFont)
+      )
     }
   }
 
-  canvas.remove()
+  const blob = await pdf.save()
 
-  return images
-}
-
-/**
- * Utility to scale mark in line with the PDF-to-PNG scale
- */
-export const scaleMark = (mark: Mark, scale: number): Mark => {
-  const { location } = mark
-  return {
-    ...mark,
-    location: {
-      ...location,
-      width: location.width * scale,
-      height: location.height * scale,
-      left: location.left * scale,
-      top: location.top * scale
-    }
-  }
+  return blob
 }
 
 /**
@@ -177,6 +153,7 @@ export const hasValue = (mark: Mark): boolean => !!mark.value
  * Draws a Mark on a Canvas representation of a PDF Page
  * @param mark to be drawn
  * @param ctx a Canvas representation of a specific PDF Page
+ * @deprecated use drawMarkText
  */
 export const draw = (mark: Mark, ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D) => {
   const { location } = mark
@@ -191,27 +168,37 @@ export const draw = (mark: Mark, ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D) => {
 }
 
 /**
- * Takes an array of encoded PDF pages and returns a blob that is a complete PDF file
- * @param markedPdfPages
+ * Draws a Mark on a PDF Page
+ * @param mark to be drawn
+ * @param page PDF Page
+ * @param font embedded font
  */
-export const convertToPdfBlob = async (
-  markedPdfPages: string[]
-): Promise<Blob> => {
-  const pdfDoc = await PDFDocument.create()
+export const drawMarkText = (mark: Mark, page: PDFPage, font: PDFFont) => {
+  const { location } = mark
+  const { height } = page.getSize()
 
-  for (const page of markedPdfPages) {
-    const pngImage = await pdfDoc.embedPng(page)
-    const p = pdfDoc.addPage([pngImage.width, pngImage.height])
-    p.drawImage(pngImage, {
-      x: 0,
-      y: 0,
-      width: pngImage.width,
-      height: pngImage.height
-    })
-  }
+  // Convert the mark location origin (top, left) to PDF origin (bottom, left)
+  const x = location.left
+  const y = height - location.top
 
-  const pdfBytes = await pdfDoc.save()
-  return new Blob([pdfBytes], { type: 'application/pdf' })
+  // Adjust y-coordinate for the text, drawText's y is the baseline for the font
+  // We start from the y (top location border) and we need to bump it down
+  // We move font baseline by the difference between rendered height and actual height (gap)
+  // And finally move down by the height without descender to get the new baseline
+  const adjustedY =
+    y -
+    (font.heightAtSize(FONT_SIZE) - FONT_SIZE) -
+    font.heightAtSize(FONT_SIZE, { descender: false })
+
+  page.drawText(`${mark.value}`, {
+    x,
+    y: adjustedY,
+    size: FONT_SIZE,
+    font: font,
+    color: rgb(0, 0, 0),
+    maxWidth: location.width,
+    lineHeight: FONT_SIZE * FONT_LINE_HEIGHT
+  })
 }
 
 /**
@@ -249,3 +236,12 @@ export const byPage = (
     }
   }
 }
+
+async function embedFont(pdf: PDFDocument) {
+  const fontBytes = await fetch(defaultFont).then((res) => res.arrayBuffer())
+
+  pdf.registerFontkit(fontkit)
+
+  const embeddedFont = await pdf.embedFont(fontBytes)
+  return embeddedFont
+}